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Endemicity of chytridiomycosis features pathogen overdispersion [PDF]
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2016 SummaryPathogens can be critical drivers of the abundance and distribution of wild animal populations. The presence of an overdispersed pathogen load distribution between hosts (where few hosts harbour heavy parasite burdens and light infections are common) can have an important stabilizing effect on host–pathogen dynamics where infection intensity ...
Laura F. Grogan +7 more
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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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Tourism may threaten wildlife disease refugia
Conservation Letters, 2022 The remoteness and isolation of South American tabletop mountain (tepui) summits may protect against infections that underpin global amphibian declines.
Philippe J. R. Kok +5 more
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Microbiome function predicts amphibian chytridiomycosis disease dynamics
Microbiome, 2022 Abstract Background The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) threatens amphibian biodiversity and ecosystem stability worldwide. Amphibian skin microbial community structure has been linked to the clinical outcome of Bd infections, yet its overall functional importance is poorly understood.
Bates, Kieran A. +14 more
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Origin of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004 The sudden appearance of chytridiomycosis, the cause of amphibian deaths and population declines in several continents, suggests that its etiologic agent, the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, was introduced into the affected regions ...
Ché Weldon +4 more
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PRESENCE AND PREVALENCE OF BD (BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS) IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIAN WOODLAND VERNAL POOLS [PDF]
, 2016 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a virulent chytrid fungus responsible for dramatic amphibian declines, has been detected in the northwestern and southeastern regions of Pennsylvania.
Coury, Kristin S. +3 more
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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. This emerging infectious disease infects a broad variety of amphibians and is considered responsible for numerous ...
Catia D. De Paula, Jose L. Catão-Dias
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Epidermal epidemic: unravelling the pathogenesis of chytridiomycosis [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2018 Chytridiomycosis, a lethal fungal skin disease of amphibians, fatally disrupts ionic and osmotic homeostasis. Infected amphibians increase their skin shedding rate (sloughing) to slow pathogen growth, but the sloughing process also increases skin permeability.
Nicholas C. Wu +3 more
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Treatment of chytridiomycosis requires urgent clinical trials [PDF]
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2010 Effective and safe treatments of amphibian chytridiomycosis, caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), are needed to prevent mortality in captive programs, reduce the risk of disease spread, and better manage the disease in threatened wild populations.
Berger, Lee +4 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 The emerging fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which can cause a fatal disease called chytridiomycosis, is implicated in the collapse of hundreds of host amphibian species.
Mae Cowgill +7 more
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