Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians of Cameroon, including first records for caecilians

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 187-194

  Doherty Bone, T M ^a,b,i   Gonwouo, N L ^c   Hirschfeld, M ^d   Ohst, T ^d   Weldon, C ^e   Perkins, M ^b   Kouete, M T ^c   Browne, R K ^f   Loader, S P ^a,g   Gower, D J ^a   Wilkinson, M W ^a   Rodel M O ^d   Penner, J ^d   Barej, M F ^d   Schmitz, A ^h   Plotner J ^d   Cunningham, A A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Project CamHerp   (Cameroon)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^e NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^h MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Amphibian chytrid fungus; PCR inhibition; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INHIBITION; NATIVE SPECIES; NEW RECORD; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MYCOSES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; MOUNT CAMEROON; MOUNT OKU; NORD OUEST PROVINCE; SUD OUEST PROVINCE;

EID: 84874723703     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02557     Document Type: Article

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