New Study Detects Deadly Fungus in Southeast Asia's Amphibian Trade
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 13:31
in Biology & Nature
A team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS), revealed in a new study, for the first time, the presence of the pathogenic chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in amphibians sampled in Singapore. And the American bullfrog may be a central player in the spread of the disease.