Chytridiomycosis is the most formidable infectious disease known to infect amphibians. It has the potential of causing sporadic deaths in some populations, and 100% mortality in others. Since the mid 1990s the causative agent Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been identified, sampling protocols and diagnostic assays developed, surveys conducted, investigations into treatment and management and control undertaken.
Editors: Alex Hyatt, Cynthia Carey, Andrew Cunningham, Rick Speare (Guest Editor)
FOREWORD
Hyatt AD, Speare R, Cunningham AA, Carey C
Amphibian chytridiomycosis
DAO 92:89-91 | Full text in pdf format
Collins JP
Amphibian decline and extinction: What we know and what we need to learn
DAO 92:93-99 | Full text in pdf format
Schloegel LM, Daszak P, Cunningham AA, Speare R, Hill B
Two amphibian diseases, chytridiomycosis and ranaviral disease, are now globally notifiable to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE): an assessment
DAO 92:101-108 | Full text in pdf format
Voyles J, Richards-Hrdlicka K, Cashins SD, Rosenblum EB, Hyatt AD, Berger L, Skerratt LF
NOTE: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: requirement for further isolate collection and archiving
DAO 92:109-112 | Full text in pdf format
Garland S, Baker A, Phillott AD, Skerratt LF
BSA reduces inhibition in a TaqMan® assay for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
DAO 92:113-116 | Full text in pdf format
Skerratt LF, McDonald KR, Hines HB, Berger L, Mendez D, Phillott AD, Cashins SD, Murray KA, Speare R
Application of the survey protocol for chytridiomycosis to Queensland, Australia
DAO 92:117-129 | Full text in pdf format
Rosenblum EB, Fisher MC, James TY, Stajich JE, Longcore JE, Gentry LR, Poorten TJ
A molecular perspecive: biology of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
DAO 92:131-147 | Full text in pdf format
Moss AS, Carty N, San Francisco MJ
Identification and partial characterization of an elastolytic protease in the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
DAO 92:149-158 | Full text in pdf format
Shaw SD, Bishop PJ, Berger L, Skerratt LF, Garland S, Gleeson DM, Haigh A, Herbert S, Speare R
Experimental infection of self-cured Leiopelma archeyi with the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
DAO 92:159-163 | Full text in pdf format
Berger L, Speare R, Pessier A, Voyles J, Skerratt LF
Treatment of chytridiomycosis requires urgent clinical trials
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Phillott AD, Speare R, Hines HB, Skerratt LF, Meyer E, McDonald KR, Cashins SD, Mendez D, Berger L
REVIEW: Minimising exposure of amphibians to pathogens during field studies
DAO 92:175-185 | Full text in pdf format
Catenazzi A, Vredenburg VT, Lehr E
NOTE: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the live frog trade of Telmatobius (Anura: Ceratophryidae) in the tropical Andes
DAO 92:187-191 | Full text in pdf format
Pauza MD, Driessen MM, Skerratt LF
Distribution and risk factors for spread of amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Australia
DAO 92:193-199 | Full text in pdf format
Rödder D, Kielgast J, Lötters S
Future potential distribution of the emerging amphibian chytrid fungus under anthropogenic climate change
DAO 92:201-207 | Full text in pdf format
Hunter DA, Speare R, Marantelli G, Mendez D, Pietsch R, Osborne W
Presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in threatened corroboree frog populations in the Australian Alps
DAO 92:209-216 | Full text in pdf format
Bourke J, Mutschmann F, Ohst T, Ulmer P, Gutsche A, Busse K, Werning H, Boehme W
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Darwins frog Rhinoderma spp. in Chile
DAO 92:217-221 | Full text in pdf format
Russell DM, Goldberg CS, Waits LP, Rosenblum EB
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection dynamics in the Columbia spotted frog Rana luteiventris in north Idaho, USA
DAO 92:223-230 | Full text in pdf format
Schock DM, Ruthig GR, Collins JP, Kutz SJ, Carrière S, Gau RJ, Veitch AM, Larter NC, Tate DP, Guthrie G, Allaire DG, Popko RA
Amphibian chytrid fungus and ranaviruses in the Northwest Territories, Canada
DAO 92:231-240 | Full text in pdf format
Wei Y, Xu K, Zhu DZ, Chen XF, Wang XL
Early-spring survey for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild Rana dybowskii in Heilongjiang Province, China
DAO 92:241-244 | Full text in pdf format
Kolby JE, Padgett-Flohr GE, Field R
Amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Cusuco National Park, Honduras
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Longo AV, Burrowes PA, Joglar RL
Seasonality of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in direct-developing frogs suggests a mechanism for persistence
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