Disease, Environment, and Pollution: Understanding Drivers Behind Tumour Outbreaks in Sea Turtles
Various wildlife diseases of the Anthropocene (the Anthropocene currently has no formal status in the Divisions of Geologic Time https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2018/3054/fs20183054.pdf, accessed 4 June 2024) have root causes that are found in human-driven environmental disturbances. Fibropapillomatosis of sea turtles is exemplary of a human-exacerbated wildlife disease, and this case study offers an overview of how we applied a One Health approach and interdisciplinary process to better understand its complexity and highlight the interconnections existing between the health of the environment, and of the wildlife and humans living in it.
Authors
- Emily Cooper
- Raymond R. Carthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8978-5083)
- David Godfrey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4876-9786)
- Costanza Manes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6266-8346)
- Richard M. Herren
- Ilaria Capua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7072-2581)
- Marianne Kozuch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3236-4127)
- Margaret Lilyestrom
Institutions
- United States Geological Survey (US)
- Sea Turtle Conservancy (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Florida Health (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center (IT)
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- One Health Cases
- Published
- 2025-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1079/onehealthcases.2025.0001
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.63