Pathogenesis of Chytridiomycosis, a Cause of Catastrophic Amphibian Declines

By J. Voyles, Sam Young, L. Berger, C. Campbell, W. Voyles, A. Dinudom, D. Cook, R. Webb, R. Alford, L. Skerratt and 1 more. Science, 2009

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Dynamics of an emerging disease drive large-scale amphibian population extinctions (2010, background): “Chytridiomycosis likely causes frog mortality by severely disrupting epidermal functions and causing osmotic imbalance (14, 15).”
Advances and applications of occupancy models (2014, background): “When the load of zoospores on an individual is high enough, it can alter electrolyte transport across the epidermis, disrupting ion homeostasis, and lead to cardiac arrest (Voyles et al. 2009).”
Invasive species, climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation : addressing multiple drivers of global change (2010, background): “…implicated in this massive extinction of primarily tropical frog species (Lips et al. 2005, Pounds et al. 2006).5 Bd is a rapidly spreading chytrid fungus that causes the highly virulent skin disease chytridiomycosis by inhibiting electrolyte transport across amphibian skin (Voyles et al. 2009).”
Introduction to Fungi (2012, background): “The fungus doesn't invade the frog's body, but it is lethal, possibly because it disrupts electrolyte balance leading to cardiac arrest (Voyles et al. 2009)—infected frogs appear to die of a heart attack! The frog chytrid is implicated in the widespread decline of frog populations around the world.”