Re-Isolating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from an Amphibian Host Increases Pathogenicity in a Subsequent Exposure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Brem, Forrest M R ^a   Parris, Matthew J ^a   Padgett Flohr, Gretchen E ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SCAPHIOPUS HOLBROOKI; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; VIRULENCE;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; PELOBATIDAE; SCAPHIOPUS HOLBROOKII;

EID: 84877095795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061260     Document Type: Article

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