First histological and virological report of fibropapilloma associated with herpesvirus in Chelonia mydas at Príncipe Island, West Africa

Archives of Virology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1155-1159

  Duarte, A ^a   Faisca P ^b   Loureiro, N S ^c   Rosado, R ^d   Gil, S ^a   Pereira, N ^e   Tavares, L ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e Oceanario de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Fibropapillomatosis; Herpesvirus; Marine turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FIBROMA; GENETICS; GUINEA; HERPES VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPILLOMA; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; FIBROMA; GUINEA; HERPESVIRIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAPILLOMA; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84861773906     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-012-1285-z     Document Type: Article

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