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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/chytridiomycosis-amphibian-disease-1.5082667
'Deadliest disease in all time' wipes out 90 species of frogs and toads
Chytridiomycosis, spread globally by humans, has also devastated about 400 other amphibian species
Emily Chung ? CBC News ? Posted: Apr 04, 2019 9:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
It's the plague of your worst sci-fi nightmares ? caused by a deadly pathogen that spreads not just through contact, but in the water, literally swimming after new victims to infect.
It eats away at their skin, eventually causing heart failure and mass die-offs. It doesn't just jump from one species to another, but among hundreds. And it has spread into the zoological equivalent of a global pandemic, thanks to humans.
Unfortunately, this is neither science fiction nor a dream. It's a very real disease called chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans, that affects a wide range of amphibians, including frogs, toads, salamanders and newts...
'Deadliest disease in all time' wipes out 90 species of frogs and toads
Chytridiomycosis, spread globally by humans, has also devastated about 400 other amphibian species
Emily Chung ? CBC News ? Posted: Apr 04, 2019 9:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
It's the plague of your worst sci-fi nightmares ? caused by a deadly pathogen that spreads not just through contact, but in the water, literally swimming after new victims to infect.
It eats away at their skin, eventually causing heart failure and mass die-offs. It doesn't just jump from one species to another, but among hundreds. And it has spread into the zoological equivalent of a global pandemic, thanks to humans.
Unfortunately, this is neither science fiction nor a dream. It's a very real disease called chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans, that affects a wide range of amphibians, including frogs, toads, salamanders and newts...