Virulence and pathogenicity of chytrid fungi causing amphibian extinctions

MC Fisher, F Pasmans, A Martel - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Ancient enzootic associations between wildlife and their infections allow evolution to
innovate mechanisms of pathogenicity that are counterbalanced by host responses …

Why disease ecology needs life‐history theory: a host perspective

A Valenzuela‐Sánchez, MQ Wilber, S Canessa… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
When facing an emerging infectious disease of conservation concern, we often have little
information on the nature of the host‐parasite interaction to inform management decisions …

Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

BC Scheele, F Pasmans, LF Skerratt, L Berger… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the
spread of diseases that threaten Earth's biodiversity. We present a global, quantitative …

The joint evolution of the Myxozoa and their alternate hosts: a cnidarian recipe for success and vast biodiversity

AS Holzer, P Bartošová‐Sojková… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The relationships between parasites and their hosts are intimate, dynamic and complex; the
evolution of one is inevitably linked to the other. Despite multiple origins of parasitism in the …

Hybrids of amphibian chytrid show high virulence in native hosts

SE Greenspan, C Lambertini, T Carvalho, TY James… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Hybridization of parasites can generate new genotypes with high virulence. The fungal
amphibian parasite Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) hybridizes in Brazil's Atlantic …

Living with the enemy: facilitating amphibian coexistence with disease

BC Scheele, CN Foster, DA Hunter… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Globalization has facilitated the emergence and spread of novel pathogens, representing a
major conservation challenge. The amphibian disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the …

Current threats faced by amphibian populations in the southern cone of South America

FP Kacoliris, I Berkunsky, JC Acosta, R Acosta… - Journal for Nature …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we update and increase knowledge on the severity and extent of threats
affecting 57 populations of 46 amphibian species from Chile and Argentina in southern …

Widespread pig farming practice linked to shifts in skin microbiomes and disease in pond-breeding amphibians

JF Preuss, SE Greenspan, EM Rossi… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Farming practices may reshape the structure of watersheds, water quality, and the health of
aquatic organisms. Nutrient enrichment from agricultural pollution increases disease …

Low resistance to chytridiomycosis in direct-developing amphibians

AFC Mesquita, C Lambertini, M Lyra, LR Malagoli… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Host-generalist pathogens sporadically infect naive hosts, potentially triggering epizootics.
The waterborne fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is linked to declines of …

Widespread amphibian Perkinsea infections associated with Ranidae hosts, cooler months and Ranavirus co‐infection

MS Atkinson, AE Savage - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Amphibians suffer from large‐scale population declines globally, and emerging infectious
diseases contribute heavily to these declines. Amphibian Perkinsea (Pr) is a worldwide …