2018 

  • Stark, T., Martel, A., Pasmans, F., Thomas, V., Gilbert, M., Spitzen, A.2018, A European early warning system for a deadly salamander pathogen. FrogLog. 26(1) : 42-43. [Link]
  • Stark, T., Martel, A., Pasmans, F., Thomas, V., Gilbert, M., Spitzen, A. 2018. A European early warning system for a deadly salamander pathogen. AArk Newsletter. 42: 12-14. [English] [Spanish]

 

2017

  • Stokstad, E. (July, 2017) A fungus is attacking Europe’s most beloved salamander. It could wreak havoc if it gets to North America. Science: DOI: 10.1126/science.aan7117 . [Link]
  • Gilbert, M., & Spitzen, A. (2017) Amphibian fungal disease in the live animal trade. OFI Journal,  84, 16-18. [Link]
  • Fisher, M. C. (2017) Ecology: In peril from a perfect pathogen. Nature.  544(7650) 300-301. [Link]

       

2016

  • Gilbert, M., & Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A. (2016) The Salamander fungus, too hot to handle? OFI Journal 82: 16-19. [Link]

   

2014

  • Martel, A., M. Blooi, C. Adriaensen, P. van Rooij, W. Beukema, M.C. Fisher, R.A. Farrer, B.R. Schmidt, U. Tobler, K. Goka, K.R. Lips, C. Muletz, K.R. Zamudio, J. Bosch, S. Lötters, E. Wombwell, T.W.J. Garner, A.A. Cunningham, A. Spitzen-van der Sluijs, S. Salvidio, R. Ducatelle, K. Nishikawa, T.T. Nguyen, J.E. Kolby, I. van Bocxlaer, F. Bossuyt & F. Pasmans. (2014) Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders. Science 346: 630-631. [Link]

 

 2013

  • Martel, A., Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A., Blooi, M., Bert, W., Ducatelle, R., Fisher, M. C., Woeltjes, A., Bosman, W., Chiers, K., Bossuyt, F. & Pasmans, F. (2013) Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(38), 15325-15329. [Link]

 

  • Spitzen – van der Sluijs, A., Spikmans, F., Bosman, W., de Zeeuw, M., Goverse, E., Kik, M., Pasmans, F., Martel., A. (2013) Rapid enigmatic decline drives the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) to the edge of extinction in the Netherlands. Amphibia-Reptilia 34, 233-239. [Link]

 

  • Blooi, M., Pasmans, F., Longcore, J. E., van der Sluijs, A. M., Vercammen, F., & Martel, A. (2013) Duplex real-time PCR for rapid simultaneous detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in amphibian samples. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51(12), 4173–4177. [Link]