Abstract

Diverse alveolate infections of tadpoles, a new threat to frogs?

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  • Aurelie ChambouvetID1*, Vanessa Smilansky2, Miloslav Jirků3, Marcos Isidoro-Ayza4, Sarah Itoız1, Evelyne Derelle1, Adam Monier2, David J

  • Infectious-disease–associated decline is cited as a major factor affecting amphibian species categorized as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List (Fig 1)

  • Chytridiomycosis has been diagnosed in a wide range of amphibians (>500 species), including members of all three extant amphibian orders, Anura, Caudata, and Gymnophiona [3,9,10]

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Editor: Audrey Ragan Odom John, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, UNITED STATES. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript

Frogs are in decline
What do we know about emerging diseases in amphibian populations?
What alveolate protists infect amphibian larvae?
Do any of these alveolates cause severe disease?
Are tadpoles infected with apicomplexans?
What outstanding issues remain?
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