Invasive North American bullfrogs transmit lethal fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections to native amphibian host species

Host species vary in infection probability, sub-lethal effects and costs of immune response when exposed to an amphibian parasite

(2015) Jon Bielby et al.   Scientific Reports

Environmental Determinants of Recent Endemism ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisInfections in Amphibian Assemblages in the Absence of Disease Outbreaks

(2014) ANNEMARIEKE SPITZEN-VAN DER SLUIJS et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Distribution of the disease pathogenBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisin non-epidemic amphibian communities of western Canada

(2014) Jean M. L. Richardson et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Amphibians acquire resistance to live and dead fungus overcoming fungal immunosuppression

(2014) Taegan A. McMahon et al.   NATURE

The enemy release hypothesis as a hierarchy of hypotheses

(2014) Tina Heger et al.   OIKOS

Investigating Differences across Host Species and Scales to Explain the Distribution of the Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2014) Anna C. Peterson et al.   PLoS One

Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders

(2014) A. Martel et al.   SCIENCE

Lack of enemy release for an invasive leafroller in California: temporal patterns and influence of host plant origin

(2013) Linda P. Bürgi et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Assessing Risk and Guidance on Monitoring ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisin Europe through Identification of Taxonomic Selectivity of Infection

(2013) VOJTECH BALÁŽ et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Geographic distribution of the chytrid pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis among mountain amphibians along the Italian peninsula

(2013) M Zampiglia et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Geographic and taxonomic variation inBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisinfection and transmission within a highly endemic amphibian community

(2013) J. Bielby et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Evidence for the Introduction of Lethal Chytridiomycosis Affecting Wild Betic Midwife Toads (Alytes dickhilleni)

(2013) Jaime Bosch et al.   EcoHealth

Experimental Evidence for American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Susceptibility to Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)

(2013) Stephanie S. Gervasi et al.   EcoHealth

Context-dependent amphibian host population response to an invading pathogen

(2013) Benjamin J. Doddington et al.   ECOLOGY

TRANSMISSION OF BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS TO WOOD FROGS (LITHOBATES SYLVATICUS) VIA A BULLFROG (L. CATESBEIANUS) VECTOR

(2013) Sasha E. Greenspan et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Genetic evidence for a high diversity and wide distribution of endemic strains of the pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild Asian amphibians

(2013) Arnaud Bataille et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Prior Infection Does Not Improve Survival against the Amphibian Disease Chytridiomycosis

(2013) Scott D. Cashins et al.   PLoS One

Mapping the Global Emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus

(2013) Deanna H. Olson et al.   PLoS One

Complex history of the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus revealed with genome resequencing data

(2013) Erica Bree Rosenblum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chromosomal Copy Number Variation, Selection and Uneven Rates of Recombination Reveal Cryptic Genome Diversity Linked to Pathogenicity

(2013) Rhys A. Farrer et al.   PLoS Genetics

GENETIC EROSION IN WILD POPULATIONS MAKES RESISTANCE TO A PATHOGEN MORE COSTLY

(2012) Emilien Luquet et al.   EVOLUTION

A dilution effect in the emerging amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2011) C. L. Searle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

First Evidence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in China: Discovery of Chytridiomycosis in Introduced American Bullfrogs and Native Amphibians in the Yunnan Province, China

(2010) Changming Bai et al.   EcoHealth

Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia

(2010) Susan F. Walker et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Immune Defenses against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a Fungus Linked to Global Amphibian Declines, in the South African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis

(2010) J. P. Ramsey et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Population genetics reveals origin and number of founders in a biological invasion

(2010) GENTILE FRANCESCO FICETOLA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Enzootic and epizootic dynamics of the chytrid fungal pathogen of amphibians

(2010) C. J. Briggs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The North American bullfrog as a reservoir for the spread of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Brazil

(2009) L. M. Schloegel et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

The role of amphibian antimicrobial peptides in protection of amphibians from pathogens linked to global amphibian declines

(2009) Louise A. Rollins-Smith   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Magnitude of the US trade in amphibians and presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and ranavirus infection in imported North American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana)

(2009) Lisa M. Schloegel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Impact and Dynamics of Disease in Species Threatened by the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus,Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2009) KRIS A. MURRAY et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Fatal Chytridiomycosis in the Tyrrhenian Painted Frog

(2009) Jon Bielby et al.   EcoHealth

Life history tradeoffs influence mortality associated with the amphibian pathogenBatrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2009) Trenton W. J. Garner et al.   OIKOS

Invasive pathogens threaten species recovery programs

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

The spread of invasive species and infectious disease as drivers of ecosystem change

(2008) Todd A Crowl et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT