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A Suspected Parasite Spill-Back of Two Novel Myxidium spp. (Myxosporea) Causing Disease in Australian Endemic Frogs Found in the Invasive Cane Toad

Infectious diseases are contributing to the decline of endangered amphibians. We identified myxosporean parasites, Myxidium spp. (Myxosporea: Myxozoa), in the brain and liver of declining native frogs, the Green and Golden Bell frog (Litoria aurea) and the Southern Bell frog (Litoria raniformis). We...

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Autores principales: Hartigan, Ashlie, Fiala, Ivan, Dyková, Iva, Jirků, Miloslav, Okimoto, Ben, Rose, Karrie, Phalen, David N., Šlapeta, Jan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21541340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018871