Assessing the ability of swab data to determine the true burden of infection for the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

EcoHealth

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 360-367

  Clare, Frances ^a   Daniel, Olivia ^b   Garner, Trent ^a   Fisher, Matthew ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alytes obstetricans; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; chytridiomycosis; emerging infectious diseases; infection threshold; qPCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; EUROPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; EUROPE; MYCOSES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84964008563     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-016-1114-z     Document Type: Article

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