Abstract
The Chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) is the primary etiological agent associated with fibropapillomatosis (FP), a neoplastic disease in marine turtles. In this study, we report for the first time ChHV5 in marine turtles and a leech from Baja California Peninsula. Eighty-seven black, olive or loggerhead turtle species, one FP tumor and five leeches were analyzed. The tumor sample from an olive, a skin sample from a black and a leech resulted positive of ChHV5 for conventional PCR. Two viral variants were identified and grouped within the Eastern Pacific phylogenetic group, suggesting a possible flow of the virus in this region.
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J.E. and E.H. received graduate scholarship from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT). We thank Erika Santacruz for her support to establish researchers' networks. Thanks to Everardo Mariano Meléndez and Oscar Javier Salazar Mendez from Reserva de la Biosfera el Vizcaíno (REBIVI-CONANP), Noé López Paz, Gabriel Arturo Zaragoza Aguilar and Rafael Buelna Grado from REBIVI-CONANP and Aarón Sanchez Castillo, Fabián Castillo Romero, Joaquín Rivera Rodríguez and Antonio Zaragoza Aguilar from Área de conservación ambiental and Gerencia de gestión integral y planeación of Empresa Exportadora de Sal S.A. (ESSA). Also thanks to Jennifer Brisuela y other students of Molecular Biology laboratory of the Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Veterinarias for their help in sample processing and to Juan Manuel López-Vivas and Helena Fernández-Sanz of Marine Botany Laboratory from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. Finally, special thanks to Spiros Agathos and Helene Skikos from Yachay Tech University.
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Espinoza, J., Hernández, E., Lara-Uc, M.M. et al. Genetic Analysis of Chelonid Herpesvirus 5 in Marine Turtles from Baja California Peninsula. EcoHealth 17, 258–263 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-020-01482-z
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