Life history tradeoffs influence mortality associated with the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

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Disease dynamics vary spatially and temporally in a North American amphibian (2011, background): “…were more likely to die from chytridiomycosis than adults (Lamirande and Nichols, 2002), lower mass was associated with higher mortality in Alytes obstetricans (Garner et al., 2009), and metamorphs had significantly higher fungal loads than adults in Lithobates sierrae (Briggs et al., 2010).”
Escape from the pond: stress and developmental responses to ranavirus infection in wood frog tadpoles (2011, background): “Because pollution, habitat loss and climate change are imposing unprecedented levels of environmental stress on animals, a deeper understanding of the interactions between the neuroendocrine and immune systems is fundamental to our understanding and ability to conserve amphibians in the face of envi”
Global emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and amphibian chytridiomycosis in space, time, and host. (2009, background): “, ranavirus (27)], yet experiments have shown repeatedly that Bd is the primary cause of death in numerous amphibian hosts (4, 13, 18, 22, 30, 38, 39, 41, 85, 92, 96).”