title: Selected emerging diseases of amphibia.
abstract: This review summarizes the most recent updates on emerging infectious diseases of amphibia. A brief summary of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, life cycle, diagnosis, treatment, and biosecurity is provided. Ambystoma tigrinum virus, common midwife toad virus, frog virus 3, Rana grylio virus, Rana catesbeiana ranavirus, Mahaffey Road virus, Rana esculenta virus, Bohle iridovirus, and tiger frog virus ranaviruses are extensively reviewed. Emerging bacterial pathogens are discussed, including Flavobacter sp, Aeromonas sp, Citrobacter freundii, Chlamydophila sp, Mycobacterium liflandii, Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, and Ochrobactrum anthropi. Rhabdias sp, Ribeiroia sp, and Spirometra erinacei are among several of the parasitic infections overviewed in this article.
authors: Exotic Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. llatney@vet.upenn.edu
authors: La'Toya V
authors: LV
authors: Latney
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Klaphake
mesh_terms: D000663:Amphibians / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*