A shared pathogen reservoir can tip widespread infection into mass mortality

Abstract excerpt

Pathogens that persist subclinically across many wildlife populations can drive mass mortality in others. Mass mortality is often abrupt, and the timing can be difficult to predict from host or habitat features alone. In a recent field study tracking ranavirus epizootics in wood frog ( Rana sylvatica ) breeding ponds, we found that no environmental or biotic feature reliably predicted die-off occurrence or timing...

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• Amphibian and Reptile Biology
• Animal Diseases
• Animals, Wild
• Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
• Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
• Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
• Viral Infections and Vectors
• Zoonotic diseases and public health

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f23e5acf-22e1-5aef-b2ef-bd7b7f8e6bb5

DOI

10.64898/2026.04.17.719273