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Professor Matthew Fisher

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Professor of Fungal Disease Epidemiology
 
 
 
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matthew.fisher Website

 
 
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Location

 

1113Sir Michael Uren HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Jervis:2020,
author = {Jervis, P and Karlsdottir, B and Jehle, R and Almeida-Reinoso, D and Almeida-Reinoso, F and Ron, S and Fisher, MC and Merino-Viteri, A},
journal = {Amphibian and Reptile Conservation},
pages = {157--164},
title = {Disease reservoirs threaten the recently rediscovered Podocarpus Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus podocarpus)},
url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000566823100010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202},
volume = {14},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The Andes have experienced an unprecedented wave of amphibian declines and extinctions thatare linked to a combination of habitat reduction and the spread of the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytriumdendrobatidis (Bd). In the present study, a range of high-altitude habitats in Southern Ecuador were surveyedfor the presence of Bd. With a particular focus on Yacuri National Park, infection data are presented fromacross the resident amphibian community. This community contains a once putatively extinct species whichwas rediscovered in 2016, the Podocarpus Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus podocarpus). Across species, local Bdprevalence was 73% in tadpoles (n = 41 individuals from three species) and 14% in adults (n = 43 individualsfrom 14 species). Strikingly, 93% (14/15) of tested tadpoles of the recently described local endemic, Gastrothecayacuri, were infected with a high pathogen load, suggesting that this species likely acts as a reservoir ofinfection in Yacuri. These fndings show that the threat of disease for A. podocarpus still exists, and that thisspecies requires urgent action to ensure its survival.
AU  - Jervis,P
AU  - Karlsdottir,B
AU  - Jehle,R
AU  - Almeida-Reinoso,D
AU  - Almeida-Reinoso,F
AU  - Ron,S
AU  - Fisher,MC
AU  - Merino-Viteri,A
EP  - 164
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1083-446X
SP  - 157
TI  - Disease reservoirs threaten the recently rediscovered Podocarpus Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus podocarpus)
T2  - Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000566823100010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org/pdfs/Volume/Vol_14_no_2/ARC_14_2_[General_Section]_157-164_e243.pdf
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/84108
VL  - 14
ER  -
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