Climate change and marine turtles: recent advances and future directions

AR Patrício, LA Hawkes, JR Monsinjon… - Endangered Species …, 2021 - int-res.com
Climate change is a threat to marine turtles that is expected to affect all of their life stages. To
guide future research, we conducted a review of the most recent literature on this topic …

A review of fibropapillomatosis in green turtles (Chelonia mydas)

K Jones, E Ariel, G Burgess, M Read - The Veterinary Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite being identified in 1938, many aspects of the pathogenesis and epidemiology of
fibropapillomatosis (FP) in marine turtles are yet to be fully uncovered. Current knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] Threats and Vulnerabilities for the Globally Distributed Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) Sea Turtle: A Historical and Current Status Evaluation

L Cáceres-Farias, E Reséndiz, J Espinoza… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Showing one of the most extraordinary phenomena in nature, with
thousands or hundreds of thousands of females coming out of the water to nest in a highly …

[HTML][HTML] Insights on Immune Function in Free-Ranging Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) with and without Fibropapillomatosis

JR Perrault, M Levin, CR Mott, CM Bovery, MJ Bresette… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Sea turtles are susceptible to several herpesviruses that are linked to
dermatologic diseases, including fibropapillomatosis (FP) and lung-eye-trachea disease …

[HTML][HTML] Sea turtles in the cancer risk landscape: a global meta-analysis of fibropapillomatosis prevalence and associated risk factors

AM Dujon, G Schofield, RM Venegas, F Thomas… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several cancer risk factors (exposure to ultraviolet-B, pollution, toxins and pathogens) have
been identified for wildlife, to form a “cancer risk landscape.” However, information remains …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental DNA monitoring of oncogenic viral shedding and genomic profiling of sea turtle fibropapillomatosis reveals unusual viral dynamics

JA Farrell, K Yetsko, L Whitmore, J Whilde… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Pathogen-induced cancers account for 15% of human tumors and are a growing concern for
endangered wildlife. Fibropapillomatosis is an expanding virally and environmentally co …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular evidence for horizontal transmission of chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 at green turtle (Chelonia mydas) foraging grounds in Queensland, Australia

K Jones, G Burgess, AM Budd, R Huerlimann… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a marine turtle disease recognised by benign tumours on the
skin, eyes, shell, oral cavity and/or viscera. Despite being a globally distributed disease that …

Predation and disease limit population recovery following 15 years of headstarting an endangered freshwater turtle

DI Mullin, RC White, AM Lentini, RJ Brooks… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recovery strategies for endangered species vary in scope and scale, and uncertainties
regarding their effectiveness make it necessary to implement evidence-based methods to …

[HTML][HTML] Sea turtle fibropapilloma tumors share genomic drivers and therapeutic vulnerabilities with human cancers

DJ Duffy, C Schnitzler, L Karpinski, R Thomas… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
Wildlife populations are under intense anthropogenic pressures, with the geographic range
of many species shrinking, dramatic reductions in population numbers and undisturbed …

[HTML][HTML] The Concurrent Detection of Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 and Chelonia mydas Papillomavirus 1 in Tumoured and Non-Tumoured Green Turtles

N Mashkour, K Jones, W Wirth, G Burgess, E Ariel - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Characterised by benign tumours, fibropapillomatosis is a debilitating
disease that predominantly afflicts the endangered green turtle (Chelonia mydas). A growing …