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Spatial Assessment of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in South Africa Confirms Endemic and Widespread Infection

Chytridiomycosis has been identified as a major cause of global amphibian declines. Despite widespread evidence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in South African frogs, sampling for this disease has not focused on threatened species, or whether this pathogen poses a disease risk to these...

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Autores principales: Tarrant, Jeanne, Cilliers, Dirk, du Preez, Louis H., Weldon, Ché
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3718833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23894506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069591