Chytrid blinders: What other disease risks to amphibians are we missing?

EcoHealth

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 335-339

  Duffus, Amanda L J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Disease; Disease investigation; Pathology; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; IRIDOVIRUS; RANAVIRUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRIDOVIRUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MYCOSES; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 77955332169     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-009-0271-8     Document Type: Review

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