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      Epibionts Associated with the Nesting Marine TurtlesLepidochelys olivaceaandChelonia mydasin Jalisco, Mexico: A Review and Field Guide

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              The Ozobranchus leech is a candidate mechanical vector for the fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus found latently infecting skin tumors on Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas).

              Fibropapillomatosis (FP) of marine turtles is a neoplastic disease of ecological concern. A fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus (FPTHV) is consistently present, usually at loads exceeding one virus copy per tumor cell. DNA from an array of parasites of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) was examined with quantitative PCR (qPCR) to determine whether any carried viral loads are sufficient to implicate them as vectors for FPTHV. Marine leeches (Ozobranchus spp.) were found to carry high viral DNA loads; some samples approached 10 million copies per leech. Isopycnic sucrose density gradient/qPCR analysis confirmed that some of these copies were associated with particles of the density of enveloped viruses. The data implicate the marine leech Ozobranchus as a mechanical vector for FPTHV. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of FPTHV gene expression indicated that most of the FPTHV copies in a fibropapilloma have restricted DNA polymerase expression, suggestive of latent infection.
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                Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History
                Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History
                Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History
                0079-032X
                October 2011
                October 2011
                : 52
                : 2
                : 221-240
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                10.3374/014.052.0203
                750c6f34-f83c-42dd-b2bb-1d42063b432b
                © 2011
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