High prevalence of the amphibian chytrid pathogen in Gabon

EcoHealth

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-120

  Bell, Rayna C ^a   Gata Garcia, Adriana V ^a   Stuart, Bryan L ^b   Zamudio, Kelly R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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

Author keywords

amphibian pathogen; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; chytridiomycosis; Gabon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FROGS AND TOADS; GABON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; GABON; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 84856279771     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0364-4     Document Type: Article

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