Fatal skin fungus
found in U.S. frogs
A deadly skin fungus, which has devastated frogs in parts of Australia and Central America, has turned up in stricken U.S. populations.
References:
Berger, L. . . .D.E. Green, K. Lipps, et al. 1998. Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 95(July 21).
Further Readings:
Pessier, A.P., D.K. Nichols, J.E. Longcore, and M.S. Fuller. In press. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation.
Sources:
D. Earl Green
National Institutes of Health
Office of Research Services
Veterinary Resources Program
Building 28A, Room 115
Mailstop 5230
28 Library Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892Donald K. Nichols
National Zoological Park
Department of Pathology
3000 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008Philip C. Rosen
University of Arizona
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Tucson, AZ 85721
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