Pathogens have important effects on host life-history traits, but the magnitude of these effects
is often strongly context-dependent. The outcome of an interaction between a host and an …

Ranaviruses are agents of disease, mortality and population declines in ectothermic
vertebrates and emergences have been repeatedly linked to human activities. Ranaviruses …

We performed a rapid response investigation to evaluate the presence and distribution of
amphibian pathogens in Madagascar following our identification of amphibian chytrid …

Amphibian pathogens are of current interest as contributors to the global decline of
amphibians. However, compared with chytrid fungi and ranaviruses, herpesviruses have …

Amphibians are one of the most imperiled vertebrate groups, with pathogens playing a role
in the decline of some species. Rare species are particularly vulnerable to extinction …

Most parasites and pathogens infect multiple hosts, but a great deal of variation exists in the
role of those hosts in persistence of infection. Understanding which hosts are most important …

ABSTRACT Frog virus 3 (FV3) and related ranaviruses are emerging infectious disease
threats to ectothermic vertebrate species globally. Although the impact of these viruses on …

77 AMPHIBIAN DISEASES 77 of each ambystomatid species were collected alive, all with
lesions and two with slight edema by the following day. Apparently healthy H. versicolor …

Here we report the discovery and partial characterization of a novel herpesvirus tentatively
named Bufonid herpesvirus 1 (BfHV1) from severe dermatitis in free ranging common toads …

Reports of severe disease outbreaks in amphibian communities in mainland Europe due to
strains of the common midwife toad virus (CMTV)-like clade of Ranavirus are increasing and …