title: [Herpesvirus detection in clinically healthy West African mud turtles (Pelusioscastaneus)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  First description of a herpesvirus in West African mud turtles.
  
  
  METHODS
  A herpesvirus was detected in two clinically healthy West African mud turtles (Pelusios castaneus) by PCR during a quarantine exam. The animals had been imported from Togo, West Africa to Germany for the pet trade.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analysis of a portion of the genome of the detected virus showed that it is a previously unknown virus related to other chelonid herpesviruses. The virus was named pelomedusid herpesvirus 1.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case highlights the importance of testing for infectious agents during quarantine, even in clinically healthy animals.
authors: PD Dr. Rachel E. Marschang, Laboklin GmbH & Co. KG, Steubenstraße 4, 97688 Bad Kissingen, E-Mail: marschang@laboklin.de.
authors: R E
authors: RE
authors: Marschang
authors: K O
authors: KO
authors: Heckers
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Heynol
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Weider
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Behncke
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D000818:Animals; D002988:Cloaca / Q000821:virology; D005858:Germany; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D014426:Turtles / Q000821:virology*
keywords: PCR; Pelomedusidae; pelomedusid herpesvirus 1; quarantine; side-necked turtles