Is chytridiomycosis an emerging infectious disease in Asia?

• Main Authors: Swei, Andrea, Rowley, Jodi J. L., Rodder, Dennis, Diesmos, Mae L. L., Diesmos, Arvin C., Briggs, Cheryl J., Brown, Rafe M., Trung, Cao Tien, Cheng, Tina L., Chong, Rebecca A., Han, Ben, Hero, Jean-Marc, Huy, Hoang Duc, Kusrini, Mirza D., Duong, Le Thi Thuy, McGuire, Jimmy A., Meegaskumbura, Madhava, Min, Mi-Sook, Mulcahy, Daniel G., Thy, Neang, Phimmachak, Somphouthone, Rao, Ding-Qi, Reeder, Natalie M., Schoville, Sean D., Sivongkay, Niane, Narin, Srei, Stock, Matthias, Stuart, Bryan L., Torres, Lilia S., Dao, Tran Thi Anh, Tunstall, Tate S., Vieites, David, Vredenburg, Vance T.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2011
• Subjects: Chytridiomycosis > Asia; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/4872; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0023179
• Institution: De La Salle University

The disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has caused dramatic amphibian population declines and extinctions in Australia, Central and North America, and Europe. Bd is associated with >200 species extinctions of amphibians, but not all species that bec...