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Chytridiomycosis: a Devastating Emerging Fungal Disease of Amphibians
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology, 2011 Amphibians have suffered the most striking declines among all vertebrates. Infectious diseases are one of the causes and Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is considered the most concerning one.
Catia D. De Paula, Jose L. Catão-Dias
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The amphibian complement system and chytridiomycosis [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 2020 AbstractUnderstanding host immune function and ecoimmunology is increasingly important at a time when emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) threaten wildlife. One EID that has emerged and spread widely in recent years is chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which is implicated unprecedented amphibian ...
Keely M. Rodriguez, Jamie Voyles
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Novel findings on the impact of chytridiomycosis on the cardiac function of anurans: sensitive vs. tolerant species [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Understanding of the physiological effects of chytridiomycosis is crucial to worldwide amphibian conservation. Therefore, we analyzed the cardiac function of two anuran species (Xenopus laevis and Physalaemus albonotatus) with different ...
Raquel F. Salla +10 more
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Amphibian infection tolerance to chytridiomycosis
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023 Abstract Animal defences against infection involve two distinct but complementary mechanisms: tolerance and resistance. Tolerance measures the animal's ability to limit detrimental effects from a given infection, whereas resistance is the ability to limit the intensity of that infection.
Laura F. Grogan +2 more
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The interplay of fungal and bacterial microbiomes on rainforest frogs following a disease outbreak
Ecosphere, 2022 Emerging infectious diseases are a serious threat to wildlife populations, and there is growing evidence that host microbiomes play important roles in infection dynamics, possibly even mitigating diseases.
Donald T. McKnight +5 more
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Chytridiomycosis in Native Arizona Frogs [PDF]
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2002 Twenty-seven adult/sub-adult lowland leopard frogs (Rana yavapaiensis), two larval lowland leopard frogs, two adult Chirichahua leopard frogs (Rana chiricahuensis), and two adult canyon tree frogs (Hyla arenicolor) collected from populations experiencing mortality events at eight sites were found to have characteristic lesions of chytrid fungus ...
Gregory A, Bradley +4 more
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Chytridiomycosis in a colony of hellbenders Cryptobranchus alleganiensis. [PDF]
J Aquat Anim HealthAbstract Objective The hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis is a fully aquatic, long-lived, and state endangered salamander endemic to the eastern and central United States. Chytridiomycosis is a fungal skin disease of salamanders that can be caused by either Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) or ...
Novotny L +5 more
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Parallels in Amphibian and Bat Declines from Pathogenic Fungi
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013 Pathogenic fungi have substantial effects on global biodiversity, and 2 emerging pathogenic species—the chytridiomycete Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which causes chytridiomycosis in amphibians, and the ascomycete Geomyces destructans, which causes ...
Evan A. Eskew, Brian D. Todd
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Examining the evidence for chytridiomycosis in threatened amphibian species.
PLoS ONE, 2011 Extinction risks are increasing for amphibians due to rising threats and minimal conservation efforts. Nearly one quarter of all threatened/extinct amphibians in the IUCN Red List is purportedly at risk from the disease chytridiomycosis.
Matthew Heard +2 more
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Chytridiomycosis in frogs from Uruguay [PDF]
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2009 Amphibian chytridiomycosis caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is reported in Uruguayan native amphibians for the first time. Histological evidence of infection was observed in tadpoles of Hypsiboas pulchellus, Odontophrynus maisuma, Physalaemus henselii, and Scinax squalirostris. The effects of chytridiomycosis on these species are still unknown.
Claudio, Borteiro +3 more
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