Find the Killer Frog Fungus

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Kolby JE, Daszak P. 2016. The emerging amphibian fungal disease, chytridiomycosis: a key example of the global phenomenon of wildlife emerging infectious diseases. Microbiol Spectrum 4(3): EI10-0004-2015. doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.EI10-0004-2015. (PDF available at: https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/KolbyDaszak_Amphibian-Fungus_2016.pdf)

Skerratt L, Berger L, Speare R, Cashins S, McDonald K, et al. (2007) Spread of Chytridiomycosis Has Caused the Rapid Global Decline and Extinction of Frogs. EcoHealth 4: 125–134.

Kolby JE, Smith KM, Berger L, Karesh WB, Preston A, Pessier AP, et al. (2014) First Evidence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Hong Kong Amphibian Trade. PLoS ONE 9(3): e90750. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090750

Schloegel LM, Picco A, Kilpatrick AM, Hyatt A, Daszak P (2009) Magnitude of the US trade in amphibians and presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and ranavirus infection in imported North American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana). Biological Conservation 142: 1420–1426.

Hyatt AD, Boyle DG, Olsen V, Boyle DB, Berger L, et al. (2007) Diagnostic assays and sampling protocols for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 73: 175–192.

Kirshtein JD, Anderson CW, Wood JS, Longcore JE, Voytek MA (2007) Quantitative PCR detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis DNA from sediments and water. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 77: 11–15.

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Martel, A., Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A., Blooi, M., Bert, W., Ducatelle, R., Fisher, M. C., … Pasmans, F. (2013). Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 110, 15325–15329.

Martel, A., Blooi, M., Adriaensen, C., Van Rooij, P., Beukema, W., Fisher, M. C., … Lips, K. R. (2014). Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders. Science, 346, 630–631.

Yuan Z, Martel A, Wu J, Van Praet S, Canessa S, Pasmans F. Widespread occurrence of an emerging fungal pathogen in heavily traded Chinese urodelan species. Conserv Lett. 2018;e12436. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12436

Blooi, M., Pasmans, F., Longcore, J. E., Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A., Vercammen, F., & Martel, A. (2014). Duplex real-time PCR for rapid simultaneous detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in amphibian samples. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51, 4173–4177.

Nguyen, T.T., Van Nguyen, T.V., Ziegler, T., Pasman, F., Martel, A. Trade in wild anurans vectors the urodelan pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans into Europe (2018). Amphibia-Reptilia

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