Overview of chytrid emergence and impacts on amphibians

Assessing the ability of swab data to determine the true burden of infection for the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2016) Frances Clare et al.   EcoHealth

History and recent progress on chytridiomycosis in amphibians

(2016) Lee Berger et al.   Fungal Ecology

Global patterns in threats to vertebrates by biological invasions

(2016) C. Bellard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptive tolerance to a pathogenic fungus drives major histocompatibility complex evolution in natural amphibian populations

(2016) Anna E. Savage et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Priorities for management of chytridiomycosis in Australia: saving frogs from extinction

(2016) Lee F. Skerratt et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Reduced immune function predicts disease susceptibility in frogs infected with a deadly fungal pathogen

(2016) Anna E. Savage et al.   Conservation Physiology

Dramatic Declines of Montane Frogs in a Central African Biodiversity Hotspot

(2016) Mareike Hirschfeld et al.   PLoS One

Quantitative evidence for the effects of multiple drivers on continental-scale amphibian declines

(2016) Evan H. Campbell Grant et al.   Scientific Reports

Chytrid infection and post-release fitness in the reintroduction of an endangered alpine tree frog

(2015) L. A. Brannelly et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

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

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

Susceptibility of amphibians to chytridiomycosis is associated with MHC class II conformation

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

Host species composition influences infection severity among amphibians in the absence of spillover transmission

(2015) Barbara A. Han et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Disentangling host, pathogen, and environmental determinants of a recently emerged wildlife disease: lessons from the first 15 years of amphibian chytridiomycosis research

(2015) Timothy Y. James et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The demography of Atelopus decline: Harlequin frog survival and abundance in central Panama prior to and during a disease outbreak

(2015) Rebecca McCaffery et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Early 1900s Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Korean Amphibians

(2015) Jonathan J. Fong 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

More than Skin Deep: Functional Genomic Basis for Resistance to Amphibian Chytridiomycosis

(2014) Amy R. Ellison et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Changes in Population Size and Survival inAtelopus spumarius(Anura: Bufonidae) Are Not Correlated with Chytrid Prevalence

(2014) Rebecca D. Tarvin et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Amphibians acquire resistance to live and dead fungus overcoming fungal immunosuppression

(2014) Taegan A. McMahon et al.   NATURE

Fungal Infection Intensity and Zoospore Output of Atelopus zeteki, a Potential Acute Chytrid Supershedder

(2014) Graziella V. DiRenzo et al.   PLoS One

Interacting Symbionts and Immunity in the Amphibian Skin Mucosome Predict Disease Risk and Probiotic Effectiveness

(2014) Douglas C. Woodhams et al.   PLoS One

Unexpected Rarity of the Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Appalachian Plethodon Salamanders: 1957–2011

(2014) Carly Muletz et al.   PLoS One

Partitioning the net effect of host diversity on an emerging amphibian pathogen

(2014) C. G. Becker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders

(2014) A. Martel et al.   SCIENCE

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

The amphibian skin-associated microbiome across species, space and life history stages

(2013) Jordan G. Kueneman et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Long-term endemism of two highly divergent lineages of the amphibian-killing fungus in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

(2013) D. Rodriguez et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Population Recovery following Decline in an Endangered Stream-Breeding Frog (Mixophyes fleayi) from Subtropical Australia

(2013) David Alan Newell et al.   PLoS One

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

(2013) Johannes Penner et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Trends in Amphibian Occupancy in the United States

(2013) Michael J. Adams et al.   PLoS One

Widespread Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Contemporary and Historical Samples of the Endangered Bombina pachypus along the Italian Peninsula

(2013) Daniele Canestrelli et al.   PLoS One

Endemic Asian Chytrid Strain Infection in Threatened and Endemic Anurans of the Northern Western Ghats, India

(2013) Neelesh Dahanukar et al.   PLoS One

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians

(2013) A. Martel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Hot bodies protect amphibians against chytrid infection in nature

(2013) Jodi J. L. Rowley et al.   Scientific Reports

Truly enigmatic declines in terrestrial salamander populations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

(2012) Nicholas M. Caruso et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Bd on the Beach: High Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Lowland Forests of Gorgona Island (Colombia, South America)

(2012) Sandra Victoria Flechas et al.   EcoHealth

Novel, panzootic and hybrid genotypes of amphibian chytridiomycosis associated with the bullfrog trade

(2012) LISA M. SCHLOEGEL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Populations of a Susceptible Amphibian Species Can Grow despite the Presence of a Pathogenic Chytrid Fungus

(2012) Ursina Tobler et al.   PLoS One

High Turnover Rates in Remnant Populations of the Harlequin Frog Atelopus cruciger (Bufonidae): Low Risk of Extinction?

(2011) Margarita Lampo et al.   BIOTROPICA

Environmental Refuge from Disease-Driven Amphibian Extinction

(2011) ROBERT PUSCHENDORF et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Is Chytridiomycosis an Emerging Infectious Disease in Asia?

(2011) Andrea Swei et al.   PLoS One

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

Coincident mass extirpation of neotropical amphibians with the emergence of the infectious fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2011) T. L. Cheng 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

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

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

Epidemic disease decimates amphibian abundance, species diversity, and evolutionary history in the highlands of central Panama

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

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

Dynamics of an emerging disease drive large-scale amphibian population extinctions

(2010) V. T. Vredenburg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Selecting for extinction: nonrandom disease-associated extinction homogenizes amphibian biotas

(2009) Kevin G. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Skin microbes on frogs prevent morbidity and mortality caused by a lethal skin fungus

(2009) Reid N Harris et al.   ISME Journal

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

(2009) KOICHI GOKA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Dramatic declines in neotropical salamander populations are an important part of the global amphibian crisis

(2009) S. M. Rovito et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2008) Karen R Lips et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY