Origin of the amphibian chytrid fungus

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2100-2105

  Weldon, Ché ^a   Du Preez, Louis H ^a   Hyatt, Alex D ^b   Muller, Reinhold ^c   Speare, Rick ^c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 9744256184     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1012.030804     Document Type: Article

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