Latest publications

Latest publications

• • Connelly, P. J., Ross, N., Stringham, O. C., & Eskew, E. A. (2023). United States amphibian imports pose a disease risk to salamanders despite Lacey Act regulations. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 351. [Link]

• • Brunner, J. L., Yarber, C. M., Pearhill, R. A. I., & Goldberg, C. S. (2023). Environmental DNA-based detection of pathogens in trade and captive settings: Best practices and validation for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. [Link]

• • Grisnik, M., Gray, M. J., Piovia-Scott, J., Carter, E. D., & Sutton, W. B. (2023). Incorporating caudate species susceptibilities and climate change into models of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans risk in the United States of America. Biological Conservation, 284(June), 110181. [Link]

 

• • Akçakaya, H. R., Neam, K., Hobin, L., Lötters, S., Martel, A., & Pasmans, F. (2023). Assessing the extinction risks of amphibians impacted by infectious diseases. Biological Conservation, 284 (June).  [Link]

 

• • Gray, M. J., Carter, E. D., Piovia-Scott, J., Cusaac, J. P. W., Peterson, A. C., Whetstone, R. D., Hertz, A., Muniz-Torres, A. Y., Bletz, M. C., Woodhams, D. C., Romansic, J. M., Sutton, W. B., Sheley, W., Pessier, A., McCusker, C. D., Wilber, M. Q., & Miller, D. L. (2023). Broad host susceptibility of North American amphibian species to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans suggests high invasion potential and biodiversity risk. Nature Communications [Link]

 

• • Leineweber, A., Rachel, E., Leineweber, C., & Marschang, R. E. (2023). Report on the First Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease (GARD) Conference.

 

• • Böning, P., Virgo, J., Bleidissel, S., Dabbagh, N., Dalbeck, L., Ellwart, S., Feiler, L., Ferner, V., Fleck, T., Gemeinhardt, L., Guschal, M., Hansbauer, G., Kirst, K., Kordges, T., Kühnle, L., Neumann, S., Plewnia, A., Preissler, K., Schlüpmann, M., … Schweinsberg, M. (2023). Key questions about the impact of the salamander plague on the Northern Crested Newt, Triturus cristatus – a German perspective. Salamandra [Link]

 

• • Sun, D., Ellepola, G., Herath, J., & Meegaskumbura, M. (2023). The two chytrid pathogens of amphibians in Eurasia—climatic niches and future expansion. BMC Ecology and Evolution [Link]

 

• • Bolte, L., Goudarzi, F., Klenke, R., Steinfartz, S., Grimm-Seyfarth, A., & Henle, K. (2023). Habitat connectivity supports the local abundance of fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) but also the spread of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Landscape Ecology [Link]

 

• • Plewnia, A., Lötters, S., Veith, M., Peters, M., Böning, P. (2023) Succesful drug-mediated host clearance of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Emerging Infectious Diseases [Link]

 

• • Monzon, F.C., Rödel, M.-O., Ruland, F., Parra-Olea, G., Jeschke, J.M. (2023) Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans‘ amphibian host species and invasion range. EcoHealth [Link]

 

• • Wacker, T., Helmstetter, N., Wilson, D., Fisher, M.C., Studholme, D.J., Farrer, R.A. (2023) Two-speed genome evolution drives pathogenicity in fungal pathogens of animals. PNAS [Link]

 

• • Vences, M., Schulz, V., Heldt, L., Kamprad, F., Ruthsatz, K., Preissler K., Müsken, M., Steinfartz, S. (2022) Comparative abundance of cutaneous bacteria in Central European amphibians. Salamandra [Link]

 

• • Basanta, M.D., Avila-Akerberg, V., Byrne, A.Q., Castellanos-Morales, G., González Martínez T.M., Maldonado-López Y., Rosenblum, E.B., Suazo-Ortuño, I., Olea, G.P., Rebollar, E.A. (2022) The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans is not detected in wild and captive amphibians from Mexico. Microbiology [Link]

 

• • Tompros, A., Wilber, M.Q., Fenton, A., Carter, E.D., Gray, M.J. (2022) Efficacy of plant-derived fungicides at inhibiting Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans growth. Journal of Fungi [Link]

 

• • Schmeller, D.S.,  Cheng, T., Shelton, J., Lin, C.-F., Chan-Alvarado, A., Bernardo-Cravo, A., Zoccarato, L., Ding, T.-S., Lin, Y.-P., Swei, A., Fisher, M.C., Vredenburg, V.T., Loyau, A. (2022) Environment is associated with chytrid infection skin microbiome richness on an amphibian rich island (Taiwan). Scientific Reports [Link]

 

• • Carter, E.D. (2022) Role of temperature, transmission pathways, and pathogen load in Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epidemiology. PhD dissertation, University of Tennessee [Link]

 

• • Sheley, W. (2022) Elucidating the pathogenesis of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans chytridiomycosis. PhD dissertation, University of Tennessee [Link]

 

• • Ribas, M.P., Cabezón, O., Velarde, R., Estruch, J., Serrano, E., Bosch, J., Thumsová, B., Martínez-Silvestre, A. (2022) Coinfection of chytrid fungi in urodeles during an outbreak of chytridiomycosis in Spain. Journal of Wildlife Diseases [Link]

 

• • Jiménez, R.R., Carfagno, A., Linhoff, L., Gratwicke, B., Woodhams, D.C., Chafran, L.S., Bletz, M.C., Bishop, B., Muletz-Wolz, C.R. (2022) Inhibitory bacterial diversity and mucosome function differentiate susceptibility of Appalachian salamanders to chytrid fungal infection. Applied Environmental Microbiology [Link]

 

• • North American Bsal Task Force. (2022). A North American strategic plan to prevent and control
    invasions of the lethal salamander pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. (Available from:
    salamanderfungus.org: Link)

 

• • North American Bsal Task Force. 2022. Bsal implementation plan. (Available from: salamanderfungus.org: Link)

 

• • Kulikova, A.A., Pupina, A., Pupins, M., Čeirāns, A., Baláž, V. (2022) Survey for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Latvian water frogs. Journal of Wildlife Diseases [Link]

 

• • Li, Z. (2022). Host susceptibility of amphibians to chytridiomycosis: lessons for mitigation. (PhD thesis, Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine). [Link]

 

• • Rollins-Smith, L.A., Reinert, L.K., Le Sage, M., Linney, K.N., Gillard, B.M., Umile, T.P., Minbiole, K.P.C. (2022) Lymphocyte inhibition by the salamander-killing chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Infection and Immunity [Link]

 

• • Pienaar, E.F., Episcopio-Sturgeon, D.J., Steele, Z.T. (2022) Investigating public support for biosecurity measures to mitigate pathogen transmission through the herpetological trade. Plos One [Link]

 

• • Woodhams, D.C., Madison, J.D., Bletz, M.C., McCartney, J., LaBumbard, B.C., Whetstone, R., McDonnell, N.B., Preissler, K., Sabino-Pinto, J., Piovia-Scott, J. (2021) Responsible biosecurity and risk mitigation for laboratory research on emerging pathogens of amphibians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms [Link]

 

• • Wang, Y. (2021) Mitigating Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans infections in salamanders: strategies, intestinal health and host colonization. (PhD thesis, Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) [Link]

 

• • Keller, S., Roderick, C.L., Caris, C., Grear, D.A., Cole, R.A. (2021) Acute mortality in Californian tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) and Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma mactodactylum croceum) caused by Ribeiroia ondatrae (Class: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife [Link]

 

• • Wacker, T., Helmstetter, N., Wilson, D., Fisher, M.C., Studholme, D.J., Farrer, R.A. (2021) Two-speed genome expansion drives the evolution of pathogenicity in animal fungal pathogens. [preprint Link]

 

• • Kelly, M., Pasmans, F., Muñoz, J.F., Shea, T.P., Carranza, S., Cuomo, C.A., Martel A. (2021) Diversity, multifaceted evolution, and facultative saprotrophism in the European Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epidemic. Nature Communications [Link]

 

• • Bletz, M.C., LaBumbard, B.C., Le Sage, E.H., Woodhams, D.C. (2021) Extraction-free detection of amphibian pathogens from water baths. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. [Link]

 

• • García-Rodríguez, A., Basanta, M.D., García-Castillo, M.G., Zumbado-Ulate, H., Neam, K., Rovito, S., Searle, C.L., Parra-Olea, G. (2021) Anticipating the potential impacts of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans on Neotropical salamander diversity. Biotropica [Link]

 

• • Palomar, G., Jakóbik, J., Bosch, J., Kolenda, K., Kaczmarski, M., Josko, P., Roces-Diaz, J.V., Stachyra, P., Thumsová, B., Zielinski, P., Pabijan, M. (2021) Emerging infectious diseases of amphibians in Poland: distribution and environmental drivers. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms [Link]

 

• • Wang, Y., Verbrugghe, E., Meuris, L., Chiers, K., Kelly, M., Strubbe, D., Callewaert, N., Pasmans, F., Martel A. (2021) Epidermal galactose spurs chytrid virulence and predicts amphibian colonization. Nature Communications [Link]

 

• • Korfel C.A., Lehtinen, R.M., Richards-Zawacki, C.L., Fregonara, J., Williams, P.K., Loudon, A., Sheafor, B., Charbonneau, L., Wolfe, B., Hetherington, T.E., Krynak, T., Lipps, G.J.Jr., Berent, E.M., Newman, N.C., Garrett-Larsen, J.N. (2021) Infection patterns in an amphibian fungal pathogen in Ohio. Ohio Biological Survey Notes [Link]

 

• • Towe, A.E., Gray, M.J., Carter, E.D., Wilber, M.Q., Ossiboff, R.J., Ash, K., Bohanon, M., Bajo, B.A., Miller, D.L. (2021) Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans can devour more than salamanders. Journal of Wildlife Diseases [Link]

 

• • Scheele, B.C., Hollanders, M., Hoffmann, E.P., Newell, D.A., Lindenmayer, D.B., McFadden, M., Gilbert, D.J., Grogan, L.F. (2021) Conservation translocations for amphibian species threatened by chytrid fungus: a review, conceptual framework, and recommendations. Conservation Science and Practice [Link]

 

• • Bosch, J., Martel, A., Sopniewski, J., Thumsová, B., Ayres, C., Scheele, B.C., Velo-Antón, G., Pasmans, F. (2021) Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans threat to the Iberian urodele hotspot. Journal of Fungi [Link]

 

• • Fischer, M.C., Pasmans, F., Martel, A. (2021) Virulence and pathogenicity of chytrid fungi causing amphibian extinctions. Annual Review of Microbiology [Link]

 

• • Bernard, R.F., Grant, E.H.C. (2021) Rapid assessment indicates context-dependent mitigation for amphibian disease risk. The Wildlife Society Bulletin. [Link]

 

• • Saare, L., Laasmaa, A., Anslan, S., Rannap, R., Tedersoo L. (2021) Surveying for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans in wild and captive amphibian population in Estonia and Latvia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. [Link]

 

• • Grear, D.A., Mosher, B.A., Richgels, K.L.D., Grant, H.C.G. (2021) Evaluation of regulatory action and surveillance as preventive risk-mitigation to an emerging global amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal). Biological Conservation [Link]

 

• • Beninde, J., Keltsch, F., Veith, M., Hochkirch, A., Wagner, N. (2021) Connectivity of Alpine newt populations (Ichthyosaura alpestris) exacerbates the risk of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans outbreaks in European fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra). Conservation Genetics. [Link]

 

• • DiRenzo, G.V., Longo, A.V., Muletz-Wolz, C.R., Pessier, A.P., Goodheart, J.A., Lips, K.R. (2021) Plethodontid salamanders show variable disease dynamics in response to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans chytridiomycosis. Biological Invasions. [Link]

 

• • Beukema, W., Erens, J., Schulz, V., Stegen, G., Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A. M., Stark, T., Laudelout, A., Kinet, T., Kirschey, T., Poulain, M., Miaud, C., Steinfartz, S., Martel, A., Pasmans, F. (2021) Landscape epidemiology of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans: reconciling data limitations and conservation urgency. Ecological Applications [Link]

 

• • Report: Tender ENV.B.3/SER/2016/0028. Mitigating a new infectious disease in salamanders to counteract the loss of European biodiversity [Link]

 

• • Gilbert, M. J., Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A. M., Canessa, S., Bosch, J., Cunningham, A. A., Grasselli, E., Laudelout, A., Lötters, S., Miaud, C., Salvidio, S., Veith, M., Martel, A., Pasmans, F. (2020). Mitigating Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans Action Plan for European urodeles. Nijmegen, the Netherlands  [Link]

 

• • Schulz, V., Gerhardt, P., Stützer, D., Seidel, U., Vences, M. (2021) Lungless salamanders of the genus Speleomantes in the Solling Germany: genetic identification, Bd/Bsal-screening, and introduction hypothesis. Herpetology Notes [Link]

 

• • Tompros, A., Dean, A.D., Fenton, A., Wilber, M.Q., Carter, E.D., Gray, M.J. (2021) Frequency-dependent transmission of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in eastern newts. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases [Link]

 

• • Carter, E.D., Bletz, M.C., Le Sage, M., LaBumbard, B., Rollins-Smith, L.A., Woodhams, D.C., Miller, D.L., Gray, M.J. (2021) Winter is coming – Temperature affects immune defenses and susceptibility to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Plos Pathogens [Link]

 

• • Wilber, M.Q., Carter, E.D., Gray, M.J., Briggs, C.J. (2021) Putative resistance and tolerance mechanisms have little impact on disease progression for an emerging salamander pathogen. Functional Ecology [Link]

 

• • Pereira, K.E., Woodley, S.K. (2021) Skin defenses of North American salamanders against a deadly salamander fungus. Animal Conservation [Link]

 

• • González, D.L., Baláz, V., Chajma, P., Vojar, J. (2020) Surveying for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Spanish captive collections of amphibians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms [Link]

 

• • Bozzuto, C., Schmidt, B.R., Canessa, S. (2020) Active responses to outbreaks of infectious wildlife diseases: objectives, strategies and constraints determine feasibility and success. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences [Link]

 

• • Friday, B., Holzheuser, C., Lips, K.R., Longo, A.V. (2020) Preparing for invasion: Assessing risk of infection by chytrid fungi in southeastern plethodontid salamanders. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology [Link]

 

• • Thomas, V., Van Rooij, P., Meerpoel, C., Stegen, G., Wauters, J., Vanhaecke, L., Martel, A., Pasmans, F. (2020) Instant killing of pathogenic chytrid fungi by disposable nitrile gloves prevents disease transmission between amphibians. Plos One [Link]

 

• • Greener, M., Verbrugghe, E., Kelly, M., Blooi, M., Beukema, W., Canessa, S., Carranze, S., Croubels, S., De Troyer, N., Fernandez-Giberteau, D., Goethals, P., Lens, L., Stegen, G., Strubbe, D., van Leeuwenberg, R., Van Praet, S., Vila-Escale, M., Vervaeke, M., Pasmans, F., Martel, A. (2020) Presence of low virulence chytrid fungi could protect European amphibians from more deadly strains. Nature Communications [Link]

 

• • Grogan, LF., Humphries, J.E., Robert, J., Lanctôt, C.M., Nock, C.J., Newell, D.A., McCallum, H.I. (2020) Immunological aspects of Chytridiomycosis. Journal of Fungi [Link]

 

• • Deknock, A., Goethals, P., Croubels, S., Lens, L., Martel, A., Pasmans F. (2020) Towards a food web based control strategy to mitigate an amphibian panzootic in agricultural landscapes. Global Ecology and Conservation [Link]

 

• • Beukema, W., Pasmans, F., Van Praet S., Ferri-Yáñez, F., Kelly, M., Laking, A.E., Erens, J., Speybroek, J., Verheyen, K., Lens, L., Martel, A. (2020) Microclimate limits thermal behaviour favourable to disease control in a nocturnal amphibian. Ecology Letters [Link]

 

• • Li, Z., Martel, A., Bogaerts, S., Göçmen, B., Panayiotis, P., Lymberakis, P., Woeltjes, T., Veith, M., Pasmans, F. (2020) Landscape connectivity limits the predicted impact of fungal pathogen invasion. Journal of Fungi [Link]

 

• •  Li, Z., Verbrugghe, E., Konstanjsek, R., Lukac, M., Pasmans, F., Cizelj, I., Martel, A. (2020) Dampened virulence and limited proliferation of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans during subclinical infection of the troglobiont olm (Proteus anguinus). Scientific Reports [Link]

 

• • Kumar, R., Malagon, D.A., Carter, E.D., Miller, D.L., Bohanon, M.L., Cusaac, J.P.W., Peterson, A.C., Gray, M.J. (2020) Experimental methodologies can affect pathogenicity of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans infections. Plos One [Link]

 

• • Wagner, N., Lötters, S., Dalbeck, L., Düssel, H., Guschal, M., Kirst, K., Ohlhoff, D., Wegge, J., Reinhardt T., Veith, M. (2020) Long-term monitoring of European fire salamander populations (Salamandra salamandra) in the Eifel Mountains (Germany): five years of removal sampling of larvae. Salamandra [Link] (Supplementary documents)

   

  • Lötters, S., Veith, M., Wagner, N., Martel A., Pasmans, F. (2020) Bsal-driven salamander mortality pre-dates the European index outbreak. Salamandra [Link]

   

  • Jung, L., Dusek, J., Lüddecke, T., Schulz, V., Maier-Sam, K., Habich, L., Mosebach, A., Lierz, M., Ziemek, H.-P. (2020) Epidemiological screening of captive salamanders reveals current absence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in private collections throughout the federal state of Hesse (Germany). Salamandra [Link]

   

  • Schmeller, D. S., Utzel, R., Pasmans F., Martel, A. (2020) Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans kills alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris) in southernmost Germany. Salamandra [Link]

   

  • Thein, J., Reck, U., Dittrich, C., Martel, A., Schulz V., Hansbauer, G. (2020) Preliminary report on the occurrence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Steigerwald, Bavaria, Germany. Salamandra [Link]

   

  • Sandvoß, M., Wagner, N., Lötters, S., Feldmeier, S., Schulz, V., Steinfartz S., Veith, M. (2020) Spread of the pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans and large-scale absence of larvae suggest unnoticed declines of the European fire salamander in the southern Eifel Mountains. Salamandra [Link] (Supplementary documents)

   

  • Schulz, V., Schulz, A., Klamke, M., Preissler, K., Sabino-Pinto, J., Müsken, M., Schlüpmann, M., Heldt, L., Kamprad, F., Enss, J., Schweinsberg, M., Virgo, J., Rau, H., Veith, M., Lötters, S., Wagner, N., Steinfartz S., Vences, M. (2020) Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Ruhr District, Germany: history, distribution, decline dynamics and disease symptoms of the salamander plague. Salamandra [Link] (Supplementary documents)

   

  • Lötters, S., Wagner, N., Albaladejo, G., Böning, P., Dalbeck, L., Düssel, H., Feldmeier, S., Guschal, M., Kirst, K., Ohlhoff, D., Preissler, K., Reinhardt, T., Schlüpmann, M., Schulte, U., Schulz, V., Steinfartz, S., Twietmeyer, S., Veith, M., Vences, M., Wegge, J. (2020) The amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the hotspot of its European invasive range: past – present – future. Salamandra [Link] (Supplementary documents)

   

  • Vences, M, Lötters, S. (2020) The salamander plague in Europe – A German perspective. Salamandra [Link]

   

  • Robinson K.A., Pereira, K.E., Bletz, M.C., Carter, E.D., Gray, M.J., Piovia-Scott, J., Romansic, J.M., Woodhams, D.C., Fritz-Laylin, L. (2020) Isolation and maintenance of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans cultures. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. [Link]

   

  • Woodhams, D.C., Rollins-Smith, L.A., Reinert, L.K., Lam, B.A., Harris, R.N., Briggs, C.J., Vredenburg, V.T., Patel, B.T., Caprioli, R.M., Chaurand, P., Hunziker, P., Bigler, L. (2020) Probiotics Modulate a Novel Amphibian Skin Defense Peptide That Is Antifungal and Facilitates Growth of Antifungal Bacteria.  Microbial Ecology. [Link]

   

  • Shepack, A., Catenazzi, A. (2020) Transcriptomics reveal immune downregulation of newts overwhelmed by chytrid co-infection. Molecular Ecology. [Link]

   

  • Waddle, J.H., Grear, D.A., Mosher, B.A., Grant, E.H.C., Adams, M.J., Backlin, A.R., Barichivich, W.J., Brand, A.B., Bucciarelli, G.M., Cahoun, D.L., Chestnut, T., Davenport, J.M., Dietrich, A.E., Fisher, R.N., Glorioso, B.M., Halstead, B.J., Hayes, M.P., Honeycutt, R.K., Hossack, B.R., Kleeman, P.M., Lemos-Espinal, J.A., Lorch, J.M., McCreary, B., Muths E., Pearl, C.A., Richgels, K.L.D., Robinson, C.W., Roth, M.F., Rowe, J.C., Sadinski, W., Sigafus, B.H., Stasiak, I., Sweet, S., Walls, S.C., Watkins-Colwell, G.J., White, LA., Williams, L.A., Winzeler, M.E. (2020) Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) not detected in an intesive survey of wild North American amphibians. Scientific Reports. [Link]

   

  • Brunner, J.L. (2020) Pooled samples and eDNA-based detection can facilitate the “clean trade” of aquatic animals. Scientific Reports. [Link]

   

  • Rebollar, E.A., Martínez-Ugalde, E., Orta, A.H. (2020) The amphibian skin microbiome and its protective role against chytridiomycosis. Herpetologica. [Link]

   

  • Rollins-Smith, L.A. (2020) Global amphibian declines, disease, and the ongoing battle between Batrachochytrium fungi and the immune system. Herpetologica. [Link]

   

  • Zamudio, K.R., McDonald, C.A., Belasen, A.M. (2020) High variability in infection mechanisms and host responses: a review of functional genomic studies of amphibian chytridiomycosis. Herpetologica. [Link]

   

  • Fisher, M.C., Gurr, S.J., Cuomo, C.A., Blehert, D.S., Jin, H., Stukenbrock, E.H., Stajich, J.E., Kahmann, R., Boone, C., Denning, D.W., Gow, N.A.R., Klein, B.S., Kronstad, J.W., Sheppard, D.C., Taylor, J.W., Wright, G.D., Heitman, J., Casadevall, A., Cowen, L.E. (2020) Threats posed by the fungal kingdom to humans, wildlife and agriculture. Host-Microbiome Biology. [Link]

   

  • Beukema, W. (2020) Pathogen pollution across spatial scales: A primer on disease ecology of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe. PhD thesis, Ghent University, Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine [Link]

   

  • McDonald, C.A., Longo, A.V., Lips, K.R., Zamudio, K.R. (2020) Incapacitating effects of fungal coinfection in a novel pathogen system. Molecular Ecology. [Link]

   

  • Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A., Stark, T., DeJean, T., Verbrugghe, E., Herder, J., Gilbert, M., Janse, J., Martel, A., Pasmans, F., Valentini, A. (2020) Using environmental DNA for detection of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in natural water. Environmental DNA. [Link]

   

  • Malagon, D.A., Melara, L.A., Prosper, O.F., Lenhart, S., Carter, E.D., Fordyce, J.A., Peterson, A.C., Miller, D.L., Gray, M.J. (2020) Host density and habitat structure influence host contact rates and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans transmission. Scientific Reports. [Link]

   

  • Fisher, M.C., Garner, T.W.J. (2020) Chytrid fungi and global amphibian declines. Nature Reviews microbiology. [Link]

   

  • Martel, A., Vila-Escale, M., Fernández-Giberteau, D., Martinez-Silvestre, A., Canessa, S., Van Praet, S.,  Pannon, P., Chiers, K., Ferran, A., Kelly, M., Picart, M, Piulats, D., Li, Z., Pagone, V., Pérez-Sorribes, L., Molina, C., Tarragó-Guarro, A., Velarde-Nieto, R., Carbonell, F., Obon, E., Martínez-Martínez, D., Guinart, D., Casanovas, R., Carranza, S., Pasmans, F. (2020). Integral chain management of wildlife diseases. Conservation Letters. [Link]

   

  • Barnhart, K., Bletz, M.C., LaBumbard, B., Tokash-Peters, A., Gabor, C.R., Woodhams, D.C. (2020) Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans elicits acute stress response in spotted salamanders but not infection or mortality. Animal Conservation. [Link]

   

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