Emerging infectious disease and the challenges of social distancing in human and non-human animals

AK Townsend, DM Hawley… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The 'social distancing'that occurred in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in humans
provides a powerful illustration of the intimate relationship between infectious disease and …

Micro (nano) plastics as an emerging risk factor to the health of amphibian: A scientometric and systematic review

AP da Costa Araújo, TL Rocha, DM e Silva, G Malafaia - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Although the toxicity of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) is recognized at different
trophic levels, our know-how about their effects on amphibians is limited. Thus, we present …

Global Patterns of the Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Support Conservation Urgency

DH Olson, KL Ronnenberg, CK Glidden… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a skin pathogen that
can cause the emerging infectious disease chytridiomycosis in susceptible species. It has …

[PDF][PDF] Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Ruhr District, Germany: history, distribution, decline dynamics and disease symptoms of the salamander plague

V Schulz, A Schulz, M Klamke, K Preissler… - Salamandra, 2020 - academia.edu
The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), recently introduced from Asia
to Europe, causes mortality in numerous species of salamanders and newts and has led to …

Do immune system changes at metamorphosis predict vulnerability to chytridiomycosis? An update

JE Humphries, CM Lanctot, J Robert… - Developmental & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amphibians are among the vertebrate groups suffering great losses of biodiversity due to a
variety of causes including diseases, such as chytridiomycosis (caused by the fungal …

Salinity stress increases the severity of ranavirus epidemics in amphibian populations

EM Hall, JL Brunner… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The stress-induced susceptibility hypothesis, which predicts chronic stress weakens immune
defences, was proposed to explain increasing infectious disease-related mass mortality and …

Coinfection with chytrid genotypes drives divergent infection dynamics reflecting regional distribution patterns

T Carvalho, D Medina, L P. Ribeiro… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
By altering the abundance, diversity, and distribution of species—and their pathogens—
globalization may inadvertently select for more virulent pathogens. In Brazil's Atlantic Forest …

Evolutionary principles guiding amphibian conservation

M Pabijan, G Palomar, B Antunes… - Evolutionary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Anthropocene has witnessed catastrophic amphibian declines across the globe. A
multitude of new, primarily human‐induced drivers of decline may lead to extinction, but can …

A meta‐analysis reveals temperature, dose, life stage, and taxonomy influence host susceptibility to a fungal parasite

EL Sauer, JM Cohen, MJ Lajeunesse, TA McMahon… - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Complex ecological relationships, such as host–parasite interactions, are often modeled
with laboratory experiments. However, some experimental laboratory conditions, such as …

Complex organisms must deal with complex threats: how does amphibian conservation deal with biphasic life cycles?

N Nolan, MW Hayward, K Klop-Toker, M Mahony… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Programs to conserve biphasic amphibians may fail if threats at different
life stages are not addressed. Anthropogenic threats, such as altered hydroperiods and …