Broad host susceptibility of North American amphibian species to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans suggests high invasion potential and biodiversity risk

MJ Gray, ED Carter, J Piovia-Scott, JPW Cusaac… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) is a fungal pathogen of amphibians that is
emerging in Europe and could be introduced to North America through international trade or …

Preparing for a Bsal invasion into North America has improved multi-sector readiness

DH Olson, EHC Grant, M Bletz, J Piovia-Scott… - Frontiers in Amphibian …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Western palearctic salamander susceptibility to the skin disease caused by the amphibian
chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) was recognized in 2014, eliciting …

Divergent population responses following salamander mass mortalities and declines driven by the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

J Erens, K Preissler, J Speybroeck… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Understanding wildlife responses to novel threats is vital in counteracting biodiversity loss.
The emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) causes dramatic …

Efficacy of Plant-Derived Fungicides at Inhibiting Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans Growth

A Tompros, MQ Wilber, A Fenton, ED Carter, MJ Gray - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The emerging fungal amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), is
currently spreading across Europe and given its estimated invasion potential, has the …

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans Threat to the Iberian Urodele Hotspot

J Bosch, A Martel, J Sopniewski, B Thumsová, C Ayres… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The recent introduction of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans into
northeastern Spain threatens salamander diversity on the Iberian Peninsula. We assessed …

Unlocking the story in the swab: A new genoty** assay for the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

AQ Byrne, AP Rothstein, TJ Poorten… - Molecular ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most devastating emerging pathogens of wildlife is the chytrid fungus,
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which affects hundreds of amphibian species around …

Interspecific host competition and parasite virulence evolution

AZ Hasik, KC King, H Hawlena - Biology Letters, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Virulence, the harm to hosts caused by parasite infection, can be selected for by several
ecological factors acting synergistically or antagonistically. Here, we focus on the potential …

Host density has limited effects on pathogen invasion, disease‐induced declines and within‐host infection dynamics across a landscape of disease

MQ Wilber, RA Knapp, TC Smith… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Host density is hypothesized to be a major driver of variability in the responses and
outcomes of wildlife populations following pathogen invasion. While the effects of host …

Temperature and duration of exposure drive infection intensity with the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

J Bielby, C Sausor, C Monsalve-Carcaño, J Bosch - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
The intensity of a pathogen infection plays a key role in determining how the host responds
to infection. Hosts with high infections are more likely to transmit infection to others, and are …

Amphibian crisis and the impact of emerging pathogens

B Thumsová, J Bosch, GM Rosa - Evolutionary ecology of …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Over two decades of unprecedented research investment at a global scale, illustrate the
paradigm shift in the way we perceive emerging diseases and their impact on wildlife …