Interactions between Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and its amphibian hosts: a review of pathogenesis and immunity.
The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) causes a lethal skin disease of amphibians, chytridiomycosis, which has caused catastrophic amphibian die-offs around the world. This review provides a summary of host characteristics, pathogen characteristics and host-pathogen responses to infection that are important for understanding disease development.
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia. jamie.voyles@gmail.com
Jamie
J
Voyles
Erica B
EB
Rosenblum
Lee
L
Berger
D000663:Amphibians / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D008411:Chytridiomycota / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D009181:Mycoses / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*