The Ozobranchus leech is a candidate mechanical vector for the fibropapilloma-associated turtle herpesvirus found latently infecting skin tumors on Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas).

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Virology

• Publication date

  2004-03-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.VIROL.2003.12.026PMID 15033569
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