A reservoir species for the emerging amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis thrives in a landscape decimated by disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Reeder, Natalie M M ^a   Pessier, Allan P ^b   Vredenburg, Vance T ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FROG; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HABITAT; HISTOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LANDSCAPE; MALE; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED STATES; ZOOSPORE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; CALIFORNIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84858020997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033567     Document Type: Article

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