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Virulence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytium dendrobatidis varies with the strainLee Berger
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 68:47-50. 2005..A standard naming scheme for isolates of B. dendrobatidis is proposed...
Treatment of chytridiomycosis requires urgent clinical trialsLee Berger
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 92:165-74. 2010..Priorities are to validate and optimize the use of heat and itraconazole regimes...- A zoospore inhibition technique to evaluate the activity of antifungal compounds against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and unsuccessful treatment of experimentally infected green tree frogs (Litoria caerulea) by fluconazole and benzalkonium chlorideLee Berger
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Res Vet Sci 87:106-10. 2009..Although these treatments resulted in longer survival times (mean 43.7+/-11.3 days) than in the untreated controls (37.9+/-9.3 days), the mortality rate was still 100%. Higher doses of fluconazole are suggested for further animal trials... - Severe sparganosis in Australian tree frogsLee Berger
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
J Wildl Dis 45:921-9. 2009..Concurrent infections were common. Our findings suggest sparganosis is one of a few currently recognized serious diseases affecting free-ranging frogs in Australia... - Distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and pathology in the skin of green tree frogs Litoria caerulea with severe chytridiomycosisLee Berger
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 68:65-70. 2005..In some frogs, ulceration and erosions occurred on skin on the back in the absence of sporangia. Other pathological changes such as hyperkeratosis and congestion occurred much more frequently on ventral surfaces... - Life cycle stages of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidisLee Berger
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 68:51-63. 2005..Hyperkeratosis may be due to (1) a hyperplastic response that leads to an increased turnover of epidermal cells, and (2) premature keratinization and death of infected cells... - Application of the survey protocol for chytridiomycosis to Queensland, AustraliaLee F Skerratt
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 92:117-29. 2010..Given that the survey protocol has been applied successfully in Australia it may be useful for mapping the distribution of Bd in other parts of the world... - Electrolyte depletion and osmotic imbalance in amphibians with chytridiomycosisJamie Voyles
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 77:113-8. 2007..dendrobatidis. Understanding the mechanisms of mortality may also explain interspecific variation in susceptibility to chytridiomycosis... - Pathogenesis of chytridiomycosis, a cause of catastrophic amphibian declinesJamie Voyles
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
Science 326:582-5. 2009..Because the skin is critical in maintaining amphibian homeostasis, disruption to cutaneous function may be the mechanism by which Bd produces morbidity and mortality across a wide range of phylogenetically distant amphibian taxa... - Chloramphenicol with fluid and electrolyte therapy cures terminally ill green tree frogs (Litoria caerulea) with chytridiomycosisSam Young
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
J Zoo Wildl Med 43:330-7. 2012..caerulea were cured within 28 days by continuous shallow immersion in 20 mg/L chloramphenicol solution without adverse effects. This is the first known report of a clinical treatment protocol for curing terminally ill Bd-infected frogs... - Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: requirement for further isolate collection and archivingJamie Voyles
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 92:109-12. 2010..We suggest the creation of a centralized database of isolate information, and we urge researchers and managers to isolate and archive Bd to facilitate future research on chytridiomycosis... - Using community surveillance data to differentiate between emerging and endemic amphibian diseasesSam Young
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 98:1-10. 2012.... - Survival of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on bare hands and gloves: hygiene implications for amphibian handlingDiana Mendez
Amphibian Diseases Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 82:97-104. 2008.... - Survey protocol for detecting chytridiomycosis in all Australian frog populationsLee F Skerratt
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 80:85-94. 2008..This protocol can be adapted for use in other countries and a standard protocol will enable comparison among amphibian populations globally... 
Temperature alters reproductive life history patterns in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal pathogen associated with the global loss of amphibiansJamie Voyles
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720 3144, USA School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, James Cook University Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
Ecol Evol 2:2241-9. 2012..We also suggest that the adaptive responses of Bd to thermal conditions warrant further investigation, especially in the face of global climate change...- Polymorphic repetitive loci of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidisStephen Garland
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 97:1-9. 2011..In addition, we found that repetitive loci in Bd include possible orthologs of virulence-related genes from pathogenic fungi... - Fluorosis as a probable factor in metabolic bone disease in captive New Zealand native frogs (Leiopelma species)Stephanie D Shaw
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, Anton Breinl Centre, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Angus Smith Drive, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
J Zoo Wildl Med 43:549-65. 2012..Addressing these three factors at Auckland Zoo reduced morbidity, bone fractures, and mortality rates... - Controlling wildlife fungal disease spread: in vitro efficacy of disinfectants against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Mucor amphibiorumRebecca Webb
Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 99:119-25. 2012..Current protocols against Pc that involve high concentrations (10%) of Phytoclean are likely to reduce spread of pathogenic wildlife fungi, which is important for protecting biodiversity... - Interactions between Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and its amphibian hosts: a review of pathogenesis and immunityJamie Voyles
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Microbes Infect 13:25-32. 2011..This review provides a summary of host characteristics, pathogen characteristics and host-pathogen responses to infection that are important for understanding disease development... - MS-222 (tricaine methane sulfonate) does not kill the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidisRebecca Webb
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 68:89-90. 2005..Exposure to 2 g l(-1) MS-222 for 1 h does not kill B. dendrobatidis cultures, suggesting that MS-222 is safe to use in chytridiomycosis studies... - Hematologic and plasma biochemical reference intervals for health monitoring of wild Australian tree frogsSam Young
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Vet Clin Pathol 41:478-92. 2012..Reference values would aid in early detection of emerging infectious diseases, which are a significant problem for amphibian conservation efforts... - Experimental infection of self-cured Leiopelma archeyi with the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidisStephanie D Shaw
Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 92:159-63. 2010..Our results show that L. archeyi that have self cured have resistance to chytridiomycosis when exposed. The pattern is consistent with innate or acquired immunity to Bd, and immunological studies are needed to confirm this... - Prior infection does not improve survival against the amphibian disease ChytridiomycosisScott D Cashins
James Cook University, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 8:e56747. 2013..However, survival of some individuals from all experimental groups indicates existence of protective innate immunity. Understanding and promoting this innate resistance holds potential for enabling species recovery... - Fungicidal effects of chemical disinfectants, UV light, desiccation and heat on the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidisMegan L Johnson
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia
Dis Aquat Organ 57:255-60. 2003..UV light (at 1000 mW m(-2) with a wavelength of 254 nm) was ineffective at killing B. dendrobatidis in culture... - Multilocus sequence typing suggests the chytrid pathogen of amphibians is a recently emerged cloneErica A Morehouse
Department of Biology, Biological Sciences Building, Room 139, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Mol Ecol 12:395-403. 2003..dendrobatidis is diploid and primarily reproduces clonally. In contrast to the lack of nucleotide polymorphism, electrophoretic karyotyping of multiple strains demonstrated a number of chromosome length polymorphisms... - Production of polyclonal antibodies to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and their use in an immunoperoxidase test for chytridiomycosis in amphibiansLee Berger
Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO Livestock Industries, Geelong, Victoria
Dis Aquat Organ 48:213-20. 2002..dendrobatidis that infect frogs. The immunoperoxidase stain is a useful screening test when combined with recognition of the morphology and infection site of B. dendrobatidis...