Seroepidemiological studies of herpesvirus-associated diseases of marine turtles: Fibropapillomatosis and lung-eye-trachea disease
We have developed immunological tests that can identify marine turtles in Florida (green and loggerhead) that have been exposedto the LETV herpesvirus. The seroepidemiological data collected provides critical evidence about the relationship betweeninfection with the FP-associated herpesvirus and the LETV herpesvirus. The data supports the hypothesis that LETV and FPHVinfections are independent infections of marine turtles. The data shows that wild green turtles in Florida are exposed to theLETD-associated herpesvirus, which is the first description ofLETV infection in free-ranging marine turtles. To our knowledge,the antigenic proteins identified in this study are not only the first proteins from a reptilian herpesvirus to be cloned andexpressed, but they represent the first reptilian herpesvirus proteins to be identified as immunogenic in their host species. (16 page document)
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit , University of Florida
2001
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| Subjects: | Health, Biology, Green turtle, Chelonia mydas, fibropapillomatosis, diseases, Florida, loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, marine turtle, lung-eye-trachea disease, herpesviruses seroepidemiology, recombinant-viral antigens, ELISA, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/18969 |
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