A coupled human and natural systems framework to characterize emerging infectious diseases—the case of fibropapillomatosis in marine turtles

C Manes, RR Carthy, V Hull - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In a fast-changing world, it is highly important to consider the possible
consequences of human-driven effects that can alter natural ecosystems. In this review, we …

Reptilian innate immunology and ecoimmunology: what do we know and where are we going?

EK Field, A Hartzheim, J Terry… - Integrative and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Reptiles, the only ectothermic amniotes, employ a wide variety of physiological adaptations
to adjust to their environments but remain vastly understudied in the field of immunology and …

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 …

Blood analyte reference intervals and correlations with trace elements of immature and adult Eastern Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in coastal lagoons of Baja …

H Fernández-Sanz, JR Perrault, NI Stacy… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sea turtles can bioaccumulate high concentrations of potentially toxic contaminants. To
better understand trace element effects on sea turtles' health, we established reference …

Evidence of chelonid herpesvirus 5 infection in green turtle (Chelonia mydas) indicated a possible tumorigenesis activation by transcriptome analysis

TH Li, II Lei, OV Byadgi, IC Chen… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Chelonia mydas (green turtles) are being threatened worldwide by fibropapillomatosis (FP),
which has seriously affected their survival. The presence of FP on the body surface and …

Immunity in sea turtles: review of a host-pathogen arms race millions of years in the running

A Nash, EJ Ryan - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Sea Turtles have a unique immune system, which evolved over millions of
years in the persistent host-pathogen arms race. As this species occupies a unique …

First Evidence of Chelonid Herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) Infection in Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Sabah, Borneo

AL Loganathan, P Palaniappan, VK Subbiah - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fibropapillomatosis (FP) of sea turtles is characterised by cutaneous tumours and is
associated with Chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5), an alphaherpesvirus from the family …

A systematic review of the impact of chemical pollution on sea turtles: insights from biomarkers of aquatic contamination

VHV Dias, JJ Mattos, PP Serafini, KH Lüchmann… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chemical anthropogenic contaminants in the marine environment pose a substantial threat
to sea turtles. The current systematic review quantified the published literature on …

Microbial composition of carapace, feces, and water column in captive juvenile green sea turtles with carapacial ulcers

Y Guo, H Chen, P Liu, F Wang, L Li, M Ye… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Green sea turtles are endangered marine reptiles. Carapacial ulcers will
develop on juvenile green sea turtles during artificial rescue, seriously affecting their health …

Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for wild green turtles (Chelonia mydas): a Bayesian approach for small sample sizes

S Kophamel, D Rudd, LC Ward, E Shum… - Conservation …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Animal health is directly linked to population viability, which may be impacted by
anthropogenic disturbances and diseases. Reference intervals (RIs) for haematology and …