Amphibian chytrid fungus in Africa – realigning hypotheses and the research paradigm

Interaction between temperature and sublethal infection with the amphibian chytrid fungus impacts a susceptible frog species

(2019) Lachlan Campbell et al.   Scientific Reports

Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

(2019) Ben C. Scheele et al.   SCIENCE

Reservoir frogs: seasonality of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in robber frogs in Dominica and Montserrat

(2019) Michael A. Hudson et al.   PeerJ

Genetic variability and ontogeny predict microbiome structure in a disease-challenged montane amphibian

(2018) Sarah M. Griffiths et al.   ISME Journal

Distribution modeling and lineage diversity of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in a central African amphibian hotspot

(2018) Courtney A. Miller et al.   PLoS One

Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines

(2018) Simon J. O’Hanlon et al.   SCIENCE

Hybrids of amphibian chytrid show high virulence in native hosts

(2018) S. E. Greenspan et al.   Scientific Reports

Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population-level impact, protocols for the isolation of amphibian chytrid fungi

(2018) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   Scientific Reports

Population dynamics of the critically endangered toad Atelopus cruciger and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis

(2017) Margarita Lampo et al.   PLoS One

Cryptic disease-induced mortality may cause host extinction in an apparently stable host–parasite system

(2017) Andrés Valenzuela-Sánchez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Amphibians of Mount Oku, Cameroon: an updated species inventory and conservation review

(2017) Thomas M. Doherty-Bone et al.   ZooKeys

Prevalence and genetic diversity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Central African island and continental amphibian communities

(2017) Marina E. Hydeman et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Linking Ecology and Epidemiology to Understand Predictors of Multi-Host Responses to an Emerging Pathogen, the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus

(2017) Stephanie S. Gervasi et al.   PLoS One

Reservoir-host amplification of disease impact in an endangered amphibian

(2016) Ben C. Scheele et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Amphibians Imported into the UK for the Pet Trade

(2016) Emma Louise Wombwell et al.   EcoHealth

High adult mortality in disease-challenged frog populations increases vulnerability to drought

(2016) Ben C. Scheele et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Dramatic Declines of Montane Frogs in a Central African Biodiversity Hotspot

(2016) Mareike Hirschfeld et al.   PLoS One

A century of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Illinois amphibians (1888–1989)

(2015) Brooke L. Talley et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Chytridiomycosis in dwarf African frogs Hymenochirus curtipes

(2015) BG Murphy et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Condition-dependent reproductive effort in frogs infected by a widespread pathogen

(2015) Elizabeth A. Roznik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Assessing the Threat of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in the Albertine Rift: Past, Present and Future

(2015) Tracie A. Seimon et al.   PLoS One

Widespread presence of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild amphibian communities in Madagascar

(2015) Molly C. Bletz et al.   Scientific Reports

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis detected in Kihansi spray toads at a captive breeding facility (Kihansi, Tanzania)

(2014) M Makange et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection and Lethal Chytridiomycosis in Caecilian Amphibians (Gymnophiona)

(2013) David J. Gower et al.   EcoHealth

Context-dependent amphibian host population response to an invading pathogen

(2013) Benjamin J. Doddington et al.   ECOLOGY

Lability in Host Defenses: Terrestrial Frogs Die from Chytridiomycosis under Enzootic Conditions

(2013) Ana V. Longo et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Long-term data for endemic frog genera reveal potential conservation crisis in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

(2013) David J. Gower et al.   ORYX

West Africa - A Safe Haven for Frogs? A Sub-Continental Assessment of the Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)

(2013) Johannes Penner et al.   PLoS One

Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Xenopus Collected in Africa (1871–2000) and in California (2001–2010)

(2013) Vance T. Vredenburg et al.   PLoS One

Spatial Assessment of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in South Africa Confirms Endemic and Widespread Infection

(2013) Jeanne Tarrant et al.   PLoS One

Mitigating amphibian disease: strategies to maintain wild populations and control chytridiomycosis

(2011) Douglas C Woodhams et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Multiple emergences of genetically diverse amphibian-infecting chytrids include a globalized hypervirulent recombinant lineage

(2011) R. A. Farrer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Persistence with Chytridiomycosis Does Not Assure Survival of Direct-developing Frogs

(2010) Ana V. Longo et al.   EcoHealth

Widespread occurrence of the amphibian chytrid fungus in Kenya

(2009) J. Kielgast et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Widespread historical presence ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisin African pipid frogs

(2009) Claudio Soto-Azat et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Amphibian chytridiomycosis in Japan: distribution, haplotypes and possible route of entry into Japan

(2009) KOICHI GOKA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Invasive pathogens threaten species recovery programs

(2008) Susan F. Walker et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Riding the Wave: Reconciling the Roles of Disease and Climate Change in Amphibian Declines

(2008) Karen R Lips et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY