Sea turtles: old viruses and new tricks |
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Authors: | Jones Adam G |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, 3258 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77845, USA. adam.jones@biology.gatech.edu |
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Abstract: | 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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