We review recent research on the pathology, ecology, and biogeography of two emerging
infectious wildlife diseases, chytridiomycosis and ranaviral disease, in the context of host …

Certain marine algae produce potent toxins that impact human health through the
consumption of contaminated shellfish and finfish and through water or aerosol exposure …

Reports of malformed amphibians and global amphibian declines have led to public
concern, particularly because amphibians are thought to be indicator species of overall …

A series of recent papers have implicated pathogens and parasites in amphibian population
declines. Here, we review evidence on the link between infectious disease and amphibian …

Greater than 70% of the world's amphibian species are in decline. We propose that there is
probably not a single cause for global amphibian declines and present a three-tiered …

Distribution and host range of ranaviruses Page 19 9© The Author (s) 2015 MJ Gray, VG
Chinchar (eds.), Ranaviruses , DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13755-1_2 Distribution and Host Range …

Mass mortality of amphibians has occurred globally since at least the early 1990s from viral
pathogens that are members of the genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae. The pathogen …

A total of 44 amphibian mortality events and 20 morbidity events were reviewed
retrospectively. The most common cause of amphibian mortality events was infection by …

The development and refinement of amphibian medicine comprise an ongoing science that
reflects the unique life history of these animals and our growing knowledge of amphibian …

Ranaviruses are capable of infecting amphibians from at least 14 families and over 70
individual species. Ranaviruses infect multiple cell types, often culminating in organ …