Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Xenopus Collected in Africa (1871-2000) and in California (2001-2010)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Vredenburg, Vance T ^a,b,c   Felt, Stephen A ^d   Morgan, Erica C ^d   McNally, Samuel V G ^a   Wilson, Sabrina ^d   Green, Sherril L ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; XENOPUS; XENOPUS BOREALIS; XENOPUS FRASERI; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS MUELLERI; XENOPUS TROPICALIS; XENOPUS WITTEI;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; XENOPUS;

EID: 84877772293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063791     Document Type: Article

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