Infection of an invasive frog Eleutherodactylus coqui by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Hawaii

Prevalence of the pathogenic chytrid fun

Prevalence of the pathogenic chytrid fungus,Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in an endangered population of northern leopard frogs,Rana pipiens

✍ Maarten J Voordouw; Doug Adama; Barb Houston; Purnima Govindarajulu; John Robins 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 BioMed Central 🌐 English ⚖ 317 KB

Background: Emerging infectious diseases threaten naïve host populations with extinction. Chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease of amphibians, is caused by the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and has been linked to global declines in amphibians. Results: We monitored