On the timing of an epidemic of amphibian chytridiomycosis in the highlands of Guatemala
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2014Author
Mendelson, Joseph R.Jones, Megan E. B.
Pessier, Allan P.
Toledo, Gabriela
Kabay, Edward H.
Campbell, Jonathan A.
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South American Journal of HerpetologyVolume
9Issue
2Begin page
151End page
153
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We analyzed museum specimens from two regions of Guatemala for the presence of the pathogenic amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) using both histological and PCR-based assays. We determined that the pathogen was present at one site at low prevalence in 1980 and 1981, immediately preceding drastic declines of amphibian in the region by 1983….Type
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© 2014 Brazilian Society of Herpetologyae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2994/SAJH-D-14-00021.1
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