Chytridiomycosis is an emerging infectious disease of amphibians that affects over 700
species on all continents where amphibians occur. The amphibian–chytridiomycosis system …

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) emerged in the 1970s in Australia and the Americas,
causing rapid and catastrophic declines and extinctions of naïve amphibian populations as it …

Infection records of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a pathogen that has devastated
amphibian populations worldwide, have rapidly increased since the pathogen's discovery …

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is commonly termed the 'amphibian chytrid fungus' but
thus far has been documented to be a pathogen of only batrachian amphibians (anurans …

This situation analysis was undertaken to inform responses to several resolutions made at
the 5th World Conservation Congress in 2012 about the plight of large vertebrates in West …

Amphibian populations are vanishing worldwide. Declines and extinctions of many
populations have been attributed to chytridiomycosis, a disease induced by the pathogenic …

Introduction Emerging infectious diseases are increasingly recognized as a global threat to
wildlife. Pandemics in amphibians, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium …

Aim Species with wide distributions spanning the African Guinean and Congolian rain
forests are often composed of genetically distinct populations or cryptic species with …

Multiple threats, including emerging infectious diseases, are contributing to the extinction of
amphibians worldwide. One of the most devastating diseases is the fatal amphibian skin …

The amphibian disease chytridiomycosis in amphibians is caused by the chytrid fungus
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and has resulted in dramatic declines and extinctions …