Chytrid fungus in Europe [2]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1639-1641

  Garner, Trenton W J ^a,e   Walker, Susan ^a,b   Bosch, Jaime ^c   Hyatt, Alex D ^d   Cunningham, Andrew A ^a   Fisher, Matthew C ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; EUROPE; FROG; LETTER; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING;

EID: 25644445334     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1110.050109     Document Type: Letter

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