Field and laboratory studies of the susceptibility of the green treefrog (Hyla cinerea) to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Brannelly, Laura A ^a   Chatfield, Matthew W H ^a   Richards Zawacki, Corinne L ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FIELD STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GROWTH RATE; HYLA; HYLA CINEREA; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; GEOGRAPHY; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LABORATORIES; LOUISIANA; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84862003983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038473     Document Type: Article

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