Rapid response to evaluate the presence of amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and ranavirus in wild amphibian populations in Madagascar

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Kolby, Jonathan E ^a,b   Smith, Kristine M ^b   Ramirez, Sara D ^c   Rabemananjara, Falitiana ^d   Pessier, Allan P ^e   Brunner, Jesse L ^f   Goldberg, Caren S ^f   Berger, Lee ^a   Skerratt, Lee F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group Madagascar   (Madagascar)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGAL DETECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MADAGASCAR; MANTIDACTYLUS COWANII; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; RANAVIRUS; RANAVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS DETECTION; WILD SPECIES; ANIMAL; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; MANTIDACTYLUS; MANTIDACTYLUS MOCQUARDI; RANAVIRUS; REPTILIA;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MADAGASCAR; MYCOSES; RANAVIRUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84939166070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125330     Document Type: Article

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