Prevalence of the pathogenic chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in an endangered population of northern leopard frogs, Rana pipiens

BACKGROUND: Emerging infectious diseases threaten naïve host populations with extinction. Chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease of amphibians, is caused by the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and has been linked to global declines in amphibians. RESULTS: We monitored...

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Autores principales: Voordouw, Maarten J, Adama, Doug, Houston, Barb, Govindarajulu, Purnima, Robinson, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20202208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-10-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20202208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-10-6

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