Chytrid fungus in frogs from an equatorial African montane forest in Western Uganda

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-524

  Goldberg, Tony L ^a   Readel, Anne M ^a   Lee, Mary H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Amphibians; Anura; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycota; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 34548336801     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.3.521     Document Type: Article

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