Continent-wide recent emergence of a global pathogen in African amphibians

Continent-wide recent emergence of a global pathogen in African amphibians

IntroductionEmerging infectious diseases are increasingly recognized as a global threat to wildlife. Pandemics in amphibians, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), have resulted in biodiversity loss at a global scale. Genomic data suggest a complex evolutionary history o...

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Main Authors: Sonia L. Ghose, Tiffany A. Yap, Allison Q. Byrne, Hasan Sulaeman, Erica Bree Rosenblum, Alan Chan-Alvarado, Shruti Chaukulkar, Eli Greenbaum, Michelle S. Koo, Marcel T. Kouete, Kurt Lutz, Denise McAloose, Alessandra J. Moyer, Eliseo Parra, Daniel M. Portik, Heidi Rockney, Andrew G. Zink, David C. Blackburn, Vance T. Vredenburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Conservation Science
Subjects:
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
chytridiomycosis
epizootic
Africa
amphibians
emerging infectious disease
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1069490/full

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