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Amphibian chytridiomycosis in Japan: distribution, haplotypes and possible route of entry into Japan.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2009
Goka Koichi, Yokoyama Jun, Une Yumi, Kuroki Toshiro, Suzuki Kazutaka, Nakahara Miri, Kobayashi Arei, Inaba Shigeki, Mizutani Tomoo, Hyatt Alex D
Abstract excerpt
A serious disease of amphibians caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was first found in Japan in December 2006 in imported pet frogs. This was the first report of chytridiomycosis in Asia. To assess the risk of pandemic chytridiomycosis to Japanese frogs, we surveyed the distribution of the fungus among captive and wild frog populations. We established a nested PCR assay that uses two pairs...
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