Prevalence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians of Costa Rica predated first-known epizootic
V. T. Vredenburg, M. E. De Leon, H. Zumbado-Ulate, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, G. Alvarado, H. Sulaeman, F. Bolanos
This study finds that the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was present in Costa Rican amphibians as early as 1964, with low prevalence before a 1980s epizootic.
bioRxiv · Nov 29, 2018Ecology