Elevated temperature clears chytrid fungus infections from tadpoles of the midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 276-280

  Geiger, Corina C ^a   Küpfer, Eliane ^a   Schär, Sämi ^a,b   Wolf, Sarah ^a   Schmidt, Benedikt R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

chytridiomycosis; disease; infection; temperature; treatment

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFECTIVITY; TOAD;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 79955576958     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/017353711X556970     Document Type: Article

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