Presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in native amphibians exported from Madagascar

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kolby, Jonathan E ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CATALYSIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETERIXALUS ALBOGUTTATUS; HETERIXALUS BETSILEO; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAPHIOPHRYNE SPINOSA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DERMATOMYCOSIS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DERMATOMYCOSES; MADAGASCAR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897137181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089660     Document Type: Article

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