Treatment of chytridiomycosis requires urgent clinical trials

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Berger, Lee ^a   Speare, Rick ^a   Pessier, Allan ^b   Voyles, Jamie ^a   Skerratt, Lee F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal testing; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Clinical trial; Heat; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE TREATMENT; ELECTROLYTE; FUNGAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; TOXICITY; WILD POPULATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HOT TEMPERATURE; MYCOSES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 78149488691     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02238     Document Type: Article

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