Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the live frog trade of Telmatobius (Anura: Ceratophryidae) in the tropical Andes

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 187-191

  Catenazzi, Alessandro ^a   Vredenburg, Vance T ^b   Lehr, Edgar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Andes; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; High elevation; Peru; Trade

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; ELEVATION; FROG; FUNGUS; INFECTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE; WILD POPULATION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FROGS AND TOADS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PERU; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MYCOSES; PERU; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; CUZCO [PERU]; PERU;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; TELMATOBIUS;

EID: 78650456572     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02250     Document Type: Article

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