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Prevalence of the fungal pathogen <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> in amphibians of Costa Rica predated first-known epizootic

2018-11-29

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Emerging infectious diseases are a growing threat to biodiversity worldwide. Outbreaks of the infectious disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ( Bd ), have caused the decline and extinction of numerous amphibian species. In Costa Rica, a major decline event occurred in 1987, more than two decades before this pathogen was discovered. The loss of many species in Cos...

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Literature Corpus work: 19984930-ac8f-57b1-815e-3d9027bfb432
DOI: 10.1101/482968

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