Discovering that chytrid fungi cause chytridiomycosis in amphibians represented a paradigm
shift in our understanding of how emerging infectious diseases contribute to global patterns …

The importance of fungal infections in both human and animals has increased over the last
decades. This article represents an overview of the different categories of fungal infections …

Emerging infectious diseases are reducing biodiversity on a global scale. Recently, the
emergence of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans resulted in rapid …

Amphibian declines and extinctions are emblematic for the current sixth mass extinction
event. Infectious drivers of these declines include the recently emerged fungal pathogens …

Like all other vertebrate groups, amphibian responses to the environment are mediated
through the brain (hypothalamic)-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal (HPA/I) axis and the …

Research on emerging infectious wildlife diseases has placed particular emphasis on host-
derived barriers to infection and disease. This focus neglects important extrinsic …

Many infectious diseases originating from, or carried by, wildlife affect wildlife conservation
and biodiversity, livestock health, or human health. We provide an update on changes in the …

The extent to which closely related species share similar niches remains highly debated.
Ecological niches are increasingly analysed by combining distribution records with broad …

The emerging amphibian disease, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is driving
population declines worldwide and even species extinctions in Australia, South and Central …

Contributing to the worldwide biodiversity crisis are emerging infectious diseases, which can
lead to extirpations and extinctions of hosts. For example, the infectious fungal pathogen …