Sea turtles: old viruses and new tricks.
Recent years have seen an inexplicable increase in the frequency of an appalling disease in sea turtles: fibropapillomatosis, which is likely caused by a herpesvirus and causes tumors to grow throughout the turtle's body. New research has led to the disturbing conclusion that recent, human-induced environmental changes are responsible.
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Adam G
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Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, 3258 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77845, USA. adam.jones@biology.gatech.edu
D000818:Animals; D004777:Environment; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D010212:Papilloma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012623:Seawater; D014426:Turtles / Q000821:virology*