Evasion of adaptive immune defenses by the lethal chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
In the sixth mass extinction, amphibians are being lost in greater numbers than almost any other taxon. The deadly skin disease, chytridiomycosis, has taken a great toll on amphibian populations around the globe. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the causative agent of chytridiomycosis, appears to hav...
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VANDERBILT
2014
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| Online Access: | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-02252014-165554/ |