[PDF][PDF] Chytrid fungi and amphibian declines: overview, implications and future directions

L Berger, R Speare, A Hyatt - Declines and disappearances of …, 1999 - researchgate.net
Batrachochytrium, killed free-living and captive amphibians in Australia, Central America
and the USA. There is epidemiological, pathological, and experimental evidence that some …

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans: The North American Response and a Call for Action

MJ Gray, JP Lewis, P Nanjappa, B Klocke… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) is an emerging fungal pathogen that has caused
recent die-offs of native salamanders in Europe and is known to be lethal to at least some …

Rapid quantitative detection of chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in amphibian samples using real-time Taqman PCR assay

DG Boyle, DB Boyle, V Olsen, JAT Morgan… - Diseases of aquatic …, 2004 - int-res.com
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is a major pathogen of frogs worldwide, associated with
declines in amphibian populations. Diagnosis of chytridiomycosis to date has largely relied …

Diagnostic assays and sampling protocols for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

ADHDG Boyle, V Olsen, DB Boyle, L Berger… - Diseases of aquatic …, 2007 - int-res.com
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is a fungus belonging to the Phylum Chytridiomycota, Class
Chytridiomycetes, Order Chytridiales, and is the highly infectious aetiological agent …

Evidence of a chytrid fungus infection involved in the decline of the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) in protected areas of central Spain

J Bosch, I Martı́nez-Solano, M Garcı́a-Parı́s - Biological conservation, 2001 - Elsevier
During the summers of 1997, 1998 and 1999 mass mortality episodes of post-metamorphic
common midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans) occurred in a protected area in central Spain …

[HTML][HTML] Origin of the amphibian chytrid fungus

C Weldon, LH Du Preez, AD Hyatt… - Emerging infectious …, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The sudden appearance of chytridiomycosis, the cause of amphibian deaths and population
declines in several continents, suggests that its etiologic agent, the amphibian chytrid …

Emerging disease of amphibians cured by elevated body temperature

DC Woodhams, RA Alford, G Marantelli - Diseases of aquatic organisms, 2003 - int-res.com
The emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis is thought to have contributed to many of
the recent alarming declines in amphibian populations. Mortalities associated with these …

Resistance to chytridiomycosis varies among amphibian species and is correlated with skin peptide defenses

DC Woodhams, K Ardipradja, RA Alford… - Animal …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Innate immune mechanisms of defense are especially important to ectothermic vertebrates
in which adaptive immune responses may be slow to develop. One innate defense in …

Endemic infection of the amphibian chytrid fungus in a frog community post-decline

RWR Retallick, H McCallum, R Speare - PLoS biology, 2004 - journals.plos.org
The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been implicated in the decline and
extinction of numerous frog species worldwide. In Queensland, Australia, it has been …

Life‐history trade‐offs influence disease in changing climates: Strategies of an amphibian pathogen

DC Woodhams, RA Alford, CJ Briggs, M Johnson… - Ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Life‐history trade‐offs allow many animals to maintain reproductive fitness across a range of
climatic conditions. When used by parasites and pathogens, these strategies may influence …