Molecular Characterization of Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 in a Black Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Fibropapilloma from Baja California Sur, Mexico.

ABSTRACT: During routine monitoring in Ojo de Liebre Lagoon, Mexico, a juvenile black turtle (Chelonia mydas) was captured, physically examined, measured, weighed, sampled, and tagged. The turtle showed no clinical signs suggestive of disease. Eleven months later, this turtle was recaptured in the same area, during which one lesion suggestive of fibropapilloma on the neck was identified and sampled for histopathology and molecular analysis. Histopathology revealed hyperkeratosis, epidermal hyperplasia, acanthosis, papillary differentiation and ballooning degeneration of epidermal cells, increased fibroblasts in the dermis, and angiogenesis, among other things. Hematological values were similar to those reported for clinically healthy black turtles and did not show notable changes between the first c

SUBMITTER: Resendiz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7825673 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature