Prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Xenopus collected in Africa (1871-2000) and in California (2001-2010).

International trade of the invasive South African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), a subclinical carrier of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatis (Bd) has been proposed as a major means of introduction of Bd into naïve, susceptible amphibian populations. The historical presence of Bd in the...

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Main Authors: Vance T Vredenburg, Stephen A Felt, Erica C Morgan, Samuel V G McNally, Sabrina Wilson, Sherril L Green
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/cda1d74920f944e38aac1c6580579d82
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