First survey for the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Connecticut (USA) finds widespread prevalence

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 169-180

  Richards Hrdlicka, Kathryn L ^a   Richardson, Jonathan L ^b   Mohabir, Leon ^c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chytridiomycosis; Emerging infectious disease; Frog; Lithobates catesbeiana; Lithobates clamitans; New England; QPCR; Salamander; Toad

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SAMPLING; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CONNECTICUT; MYCOSES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

CONNECTICUT; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874732178     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02552     Document Type: Review

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