Is chytridiomycosis an emerging infectious disease in Asia?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Swei, Andrea ^a   Rowley, Jodi J L ^b   Rödder, Dennis ^c   Diesmos, Mae L L ^d   Diesmos, Arvin C ^e   Briggs, Cheryl J ^f   Brown, Rafe ^g   Cao, Trung Tien ^h   Cheng, Tina L ⁱ   Chong, Rebecca A ^j   Han, Ben ^k   Hero, Jean Marc ^l   Hoang, Huy Duc ^m   Kusrini, Mirza D ⁿ   Le, Duong Thi Thuy ^m   McGuire, Jimmy A ^o   Meegaskumbura, Madhava ^p   Min, Mi Sook ^q   Mulcahy, Daniel G ^r   Neang, Thy ^s   Phimmachak, Somphouthone ^t   Rao, Ding Qi ^u   Reeder, Natalie M ⁱ   Schoville, Sean D ^v   Sivongxay, Niane ^t   Srei, Narin ^w   Stöck, Matthias ^x   Stuart, Bryan L ^y   Torres, Lilia S ⁱ   Tran, Dao Thi Anh ^m   Tunstall, Tate S ^o   Vieites, David ^z   Vredenburg, Vance T ⁱ   more..

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^e National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^h VINH UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

ⁱ SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^k SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

ⁿ BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^r SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^s Ministry of Environment   (Cambodia)

^t NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^u KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^w ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

^x UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^y NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^z MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDONESIA; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYRGYZSTAN; LAOS; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHILIPPINES; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROCESS MODEL; SOUTH KOREA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ASIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOSES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80051694972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023179     Document Type: Article

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