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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Mazzoni, Rolando ; Cunningham, Andrew A. ; Daszak, Peter ; Apolo, Ada ; Perdomo, Eugenio ; ... More +
Mazzoni, Rolando ; Cunningham, Andrew A. ; Daszak, Peter ; Apolo, Ada ; Perdomo, Eugenio ; Speranza, Gustavo ; Less -
Description:
Chytridiomycosis is an emerging disease responsible for a series of global declines and extinctions of amphibians. We report the causative agent, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in North American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) farmed for the international restaurant trade. Our findings suggest that international trade may play a key role in the global dissemination of this and other emerging infectious diseases in wildlife.
Subject:
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Animals
Chytridiomycota
Commerce
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Dispatch
Rana Catesbeiana
Zygomycosis

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 9(8):995-998 ;
Pubmed ID:
12967500
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC3020601
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Place as Subject:
North America ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:b9149d063bc1e2989a455e3dd65fb09174ed82eae5aae64d60012a22162da9fd
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