Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Swei A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3156717 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Swei Andrea A Rowley Jodi J L JJ Rödder Dennis D Diesmos Mae L L ML Diesmos Arvin C AC Briggs Cheryl J CJ Brown Rafe R Cao Trung Tien TT Cheng Tina L TL Chong Rebecca A RA Han Ben B Hero Jean-Marc JM Hoang Huy Duc HD Kusrini Mirza D MD Le Duong Thi Thuy DT McGuire Jimmy A JA Meegaskumbura Madhava M Min Mi-Sook MS Mulcahy Daniel G DG Neang Thy T Phimmachak Somphouthone S Rao Ding-Qi DQ Reeder Natalie M NM Schoville Sean D SD Sivongxay Niane N Srei Narin N Stöck Matthias M Stuart Bryan L BL Torres Lilia S LS Tran Dao Thi Anh DT Tunstall Tate S TS Vieites David D Vredenburg Vance T VT
PloS one 20110816 8
The disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has caused dramatic amphibian population declines and extinctions in Australia, Central and North America, and Europe. Bd is associated with >200 species extinctions of amphibians, but not all species that become infected are susceptible to the disease. Specifically, Bd has rapidly emerged in some areas of the world, such as in Australia, USA, and throughout Central and South America, causing population and s ...[more]