Emerging infectious diseases and amphibian population declines

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 735-748

  Daszak, Peter ^a   Berger, Lee ^b,c   Cunningham, Andrew A ^d   Hyatt, Alex D ^b   Earl Green, D ^e   Speare, Rick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION; IRIDOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WILDLIFE;

EID: 0033396324     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0506.990601     Document Type: Article

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