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.
Voyles
Jamie
J
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Amphibian Disease Ecology Group, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia. jamie.voyles@gmail.com
Rosenblum
Erica B
EB
Berger
Lee
L
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*