Green turtle fibropapillomatosis: challenges to assessing the role of environmental cofactors.

Abstract:

:Green turtle fibropapillomatosis (GTFP) is a growing threat to the survival of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations worldwide. Recent transmission studies point to an infectious etiology. Several field studies suggest that high GTFP prevalence is associated with marine habitats that have been impacted by agricultural, industrial, or urban development. Environmental contaminants could be involved in GTFP through several plausible mechanisms including cocarcinogenesis and contaminant-induced immune suppression. However, an association of contaminants with GTFP has not been established. A broader perspective is needed when studying infectious diseases such as GTFP in complex ecosystems. Alternative explanations for high GTFP prevalence in some near-shore habitats include the following: a) these habitats provide an optimum physical environment for survival and transmission of the infectious agent; b) these habitats attract a high density of susceptible turtles or harbor a higher density of potential vectors, facilitating transmission of the pathogen in a density-dependent fashion; and c) these habitats may contain other stressors that render turtles more susceptible to GTFP. Application of scientifically rigorous criteria in the epizootiology of GTFP in free-ranging populations remains a formidable challenge.

authors

Herbst LH,Klein PA

doi

10.1289/ehp.95103s427

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-05-01 00:00:00

pages

27-30

eissn

0091-6765

issn

1552-9924

journal_volume

103 Suppl 4

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