Tolerance of fungal infection in European water frogs exposed to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis after experimental reduction of innate immune defenses

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Woodhams, Douglas C ^a,c   Bigler, Laurent ^a   Marschang, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptide; Chytridiomycosis; MALDI MS; Microbiota; Pelophylax; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; IRIDOVIRUS; PELOPHYLAX; RANA ESCULENTA; RANAVIRUS;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; RANIDAE; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MYCOSES; RANIDAE; SKIN;

EID: 84867690696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-197     Document Type: Article

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