Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in 120 archived specimens of Lithobates catesbeianus (American bullfrog) collected in California, 1924-2007

EcoHealth

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 339-343

  Huss, Monika ^a,d   Huntley, Laura ^b   Vredenburg, Vance ^c   Johns, Jennifer ^a   Green, Sherril ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RAF 1 Quad 7 Bldg 330 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus); Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd); Chytridiomycosis; Emerging pathogen

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

ANIMAL; BULLFROG; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 84900454148     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0895-6     Document Type: Article

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