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Genomic epidemiology of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from native and invasive amphibian species in Chile.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Apr 2018
Valenzuela-Sánchez A, O'Hanlon S J, Alvarado-Rybak M, Uribe-Rivera D E, Cunningham A A, Fisher M C, Soto-Azat C
Abstract excerpt
Emerging fungal diseases represent a threat to food security, animal and human health worldwide. Amphibian chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has been associated with catastrophic and well-documented amphibian population declines and extinctions. For the first time, Bd was cultured from native and non-native wild amphibians in Chile. Phylogenomic analyses revealed that...
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