Amphibian chytridiomycosis in Japan: distribution, haplotypes and possible route of entry into Japan.

Goka, Koichi; Yokoyama, Jun; Une, Yumi; Kuroki, Toshiro; Suzuki, Kazutaka; Nakahara, Miri; Kobayashi, Arei; Inaba, Shigeki; Mizutani, Tomoo; D Hyatt, Alex

doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04384.x

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Amphibian chytridiomycosis in Japan: distribution, haplotypes and possible route of entry into Japan.

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Authors:

Koichi Goka

Jun Yokoyama

Yumi Une

Abstract

A serious disease of amphibians caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was first found in Japan in December 2006 in imported pet frogs. This was the first report of chytridiomycosis in Asia. To assess the risk of pandemic chytridiomycosis to Japanese frogs, we surveyed the distr...

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