Preparing for a Bsal invasion into North America has improved multi-sector readiness

DH Olson, EHC Grant, M Bletz, J Piovia-Scott… - Frontiers in Amphibian …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Western palearctic salamander susceptibility to the skin disease caused by the amphibian
chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) was recognized in 2014, eliciting …

[HTML][HTML] One Health Approach to Globalizing, Accelerating, and Focusing Amphibian and Reptile Disease Research—Reflections and Opinions from the First Global …

MJ Gray, RJ Ossiboff, L Berger, MC Bletz… - Emerging infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The world's reptiles and amphibians are experiencing dramatic and ongoing losses in
biodiversity, changes that can have substantial effects on ecosystems and human health. In …

Experimental Evidence of Rapidly Decaying Environmental DNA Highlights Infection Risk from Two Major Amphibian Pathogens

JD Trafford, TWJ Garner, DJ Murrell… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Infectious diseases spread through international wildlife trade networks, presenting major
conservation and welfare challenges. The diseases amphibian chytridiomycosis (caused …