Study predicts ranavirus as potential new culprit in amphibian extinctions
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
Amphibian declines and extinctions around the world have been linked to an emerging fungal disease called chytridiomycosis, but new research from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) shows that another pathogen, ranavirus, may also contribute.