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 …

Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 was introduced in North America in
late 2021 through trans-Atlantic pathways via migratory birds. These introductions have …

Participation in conservation citizen science projects is growing rapidly and approaches to
project design are diversifying. There has been a recent shift towards projects characterised …

Western palearctic salamander susceptibility to the skin disease caused by the amphibian
chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) was recognized in 2014, eliciting …

The problem of global amphibian declines has prompted extensive research over the last
three decades. Initially, the focus was on identifying and characterizing the extent of the …

Emerging wildlife diseases are taking a heavy toll on animal and plant species worldwide.
Mitigation, particularly in the initial epidemic phase, is hindered by uncertainty about the …

Starting in 2010, rapid fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) population declines in
northwestern Europe heralded the emergence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans …

Microbiome–pathogen interactions are increasingly recognized as an important element of
host immunity. While these host‐level interactions will have consequences for community …

Finding effective pathogen mitigation strategies is one of the biggest challenges humans
face today. In the context of wildlife, emerging infectious diseases have repeatedly caused …

Surveillance programmes are essential for detecting emerging pathogens and often rely on
molecular methods to make inference about the presence of a target disease agent …