Molecular Characterization of Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 in a Black Turtle () Fibropapilloma from Baja California Sur, Mexico.

During routine monitoring in Ojo de Liebre Lagoon, Mexico, a juvenile black turtle () was captured, physically examined, measured, weighed, sampled, and tagged. The turtle showed no clinical signs suggestive of disease. Eleven months later, this turtle was recaptured in the same area, during which one lesion suggestive of fibropapilloma on the neck was identified and sampled for histopathology and molecular analysis.