Do frogs get their kicks on Route 66? Continental U.S. transect reveals spatial and temporal patterns of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Michael J Lannoo, Christopher Petersen, Robert E Lovich, Priya Nanjappa, Christopher Phillips, Joseph C Mitchell, Irene Macallister
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Oceana; Pendleton; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022211; https://doaj.org/article/bfc11813582d4a38897eab2a2fc69f9d

The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been devastating amphibians globally. Two general scenarios have been proposed for the nature and spread of this pathogen: Bd is an epidemic, spreading as a wave and wiping out individuals, populations, and species in its path; and Bd is end...