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Instant killing of pathogenic chytrid fungi by disposable nitrile gloves prevents disease transmission between amphibians.

PLoS ONE, 2020
To prevent transmission of the pathogenic chytrid fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), hygiene protocols prescribe the single use of disposable gloves for handling amphibians.
Valarie Thomas, Pascale Van Rooij, Celine Meerpoel, Gwij Stegen, Jella Wauters, Lynn Vanhaecke, An Martel, Frank Pasmans   +7 more
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Disease state associated with chronic toe lesions in hellbenders may alter anti-chytrid skin defenses

Scientific Reports, 2023
Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) are large, aquatic salamanders from the eastern United States. Both subspecies, eastern and Ozark hellbenders, have experienced declines resulting in federal listing of Ozark hellbenders.
Rebecca H. Hardman, Laura K. Reinert, Kelly J. Irwin, Kendall Oziminski, Louise Rollins-Smith, Debra L. Miller   +5 more
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Integral chain management of wildlife diseases

Conservation Letters, 2020
The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has caused the most prominent loss of vertebrate diversity ever recorded, which peaked in the 1980s. Recent incursion by its sister species B. salamandrivorans in Europe raised the alarm for a new wave of
An Martel, Mireia Vila‐Escale, Daniel Fernández‐Giberteau, Albert Martinez‐Silvestre, Stefano Canessa, Sarah Van Praet, Pep Pannon, Koen Chiers, Albert Ferran, Moira Kelly, Mariona Picart, Dolors Piulats, Zhimin Li, Viviana Pagone, Laia Pérez‐Sorribes, Carolina Molina, Aïda Tarragó‐Guarro, Roser Velarde‐Nieto, Francesc Carbonell, Elena Obon, Diego Martínez‐Martínez, Daniel Guinart, Ricard Casanovas, Salvador Carranza, Frank Pasmans   +24 more
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Pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, but not B. salamandrivorans, detected on eastern hellbenders.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Recent worldwide declines and extinctions of amphibian populations have been attributed to chytridiomycosis, a disease caused by the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd).
Emma K Bales, Oliver J Hyman, Andrew H Loudon, Reid N Harris, Gregory Lipps, Eric Chapman, Kenneth Roblee, John D Kleopfer, Kimberly A Terrell   +8 more
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Immunological Aspects of Chytridiomycosis

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Amphibians are currently the most threatened vertebrate class, with the disease chytridiomycosis being a major contributor to their global declines.
Laura F. Grogan, Josephine E. Humphries, Jacques Robert, Chantal M. Lanctôt, Catherine J. Nock, David A. Newell, Hamish I. McCallum   +6 more
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Conservation decisions under pressure: Lessons from an exercise in rapid response to wildlife disease

Conservation Science and Practice, 2020
Novel outbreaks of emerging pathogens require rapid responses to enable successful mitigation. We simulated a 1‐day emergency meeting where experts were engaged to recommend mitigation strategies for a new outbreak of the amphibian fungal pathogen ...
Stefano Canessa, Annemarieke Spitzen‐van der Sluijs, Tariq Stark, Bryony E. Allen, Phillip J. Bishop, Molly Bletz, Cheryl J. Briggs, David R. Daversa, Matthew J. Gray, Richard A. Griffiths, Reid N. Harris, Xavier A. Harrison, Jason T. Hoverman, Phillip Jervis, Erin Muths, Deanna H. Olson, Stephen J. Price, Corinne L. Richards‐Zawacki, Jacques Robert, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Ben C. Scheele, Benedikt R. Schmidt, Trenton W. J. Garner   +22 more
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Mitigating Disease Impacts in Amphibian Populations: Capitalizing on the Thermal Optimum Mismatch Between a Pathogen and Its Host

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Understanding how animal behavior can influence the susceptibility of endangered hosts to emerging pathogens and using this knowledge to ameliorate negative effects of infectious wildlife diseases is a promising avenue in conservation biology ...
Attila Hettyey, Attila Hettyey, János Ujszegi, Dávid Herczeg, Dóra Holly, Dóra Holly, Judit Vörös, Benedikt R. Schmidt, Benedikt R. Schmidt, Jaime Bosch, Jaime Bosch   +10 more
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Unexpected rarity of the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Appalachian Plethodon Salamanders: 1957-2011. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Widespread population declines in terrestrial Plethodon salamanders occurred by the 1980s throughout the Appalachian Mountains, the center of global salamander diversity, with no evident recovery.
Carly Muletz, Nicholas M Caruso, Robert C Fleischer, Roy W McDiarmid, Karen R Lips   +4 more
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Tetrodotoxin, fungal pathogen infection, and bacterial microbiome associations are variable in the skin microecosystems of two Taricha newt species

Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science
A diverse metabolome exists on amphibian skin that mediates interactions between hosts and skin microbiomes. Tetrodotoxin is one such metabolite that occurs across a variety of taxa, and is particularly well studied in newts of the genus Taricha that are
Talon Jost, Talon Jost, Alysha Henderson, Brandon LaBumbard, Krisztian Magori, Amber Stokes, Danica Bergin, Autumn Holley, Autumn Holley, Molly Bletz, Molly Bletz, Obed Hernández-Gómez, Gary Bucciarelli, Douglas C. Woodhams, Jonah Piovia-Scott, Jenifer B. Walke   +15 more
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Growth Regulation in Amphibian Pathogenic Chytrid Fungi by the Quorum Sensing Metabolite Tryptophol

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Amphibians face many threats leading to declines and extinctions, but the chytrid fungal skin pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) have been identified as the causative factors leading to one of the ...
Elin Verbrugghe, Connie Adriaensen, An Martel, Lynn Vanhaecke, Frank Pasmans   +4 more
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