A Universal and Efficient Detection of Chytridiomycosis Infections in Amphibians Using Novel Quantitative PCR Markers.

ABSTRACT: Chytridiomycosis is an infectious disease in amphibians caused by two chytrid fungi, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), and is the worst infectious disease known in wildlife so far. Worldwide spread of the disease has caused unprecedented loss of global amphibian diversity. Although some lineages of Bd are enzootic and are not as deadly as the pandemic lineage, nearly 40% of amphibian species are still declining globally due to chytridiomycosis. Efficient surveillance and monitoring of chytridiomycosis are the immediate safeguard against rapid declines or extinctions of amphibian populations. Previous studies showed that existing diagnostic assays were not sensitive to certain Bd haplotypes like those

SUBMITTER: Sreedharan G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12017111 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature