A Suspected Parasite Spill-Back of Two Novel Myxidium spp. (Myxosporea) Causing Disease in Australian Endemic Frogs Found in the Invasive Cane Toad

Infectious diseases are contributing to the decline of endangered amphibians. We identified myxosporean parasites, Myxidium spp. (Myxosporea: Myxozoa), in the brain and liver of declining native frogs, the Green and Golden Bell frog (Litoria aurea) and the Southern Bell frog (Litoria raniformis). We...

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Main Authors: Hartigan, Ashlie, Fiala, Ivan, Dyková, Iva, Jirků, Miloslav, Okimoto, Ben, Rose, Karrie, Phalen, David N., Šlapeta, Jan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081827/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21541340
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018871
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