Investigation confirms fibropapillomatosis in green and Kemp's ridley sea turtles, suggesting disease range expansion.
We diagnosed and molecularly confirmed the presence of fibropapillomatosis and chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 infection in one Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) and three green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) stranded on the Mississippi, USA, coast, expanding the known range of this disease in sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico.
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