UC-Riverside: Discovery Could End Global Amphibian Pandemic
April 04, 2024
April 04, 2024
RIVERSIDE, California, April 4 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:
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What infects the infection?
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A fungus devastating frogs and toads on nearly every continent may have an Achilles heel. Scientists have discovered a virus that infects the fungus, and that could be engineered to save the amphibians.
The fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis or Bd, ravages the skin of frogs . . .
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What infects the infection?
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A fungus devastating frogs and toads on nearly every continent may have an Achilles heel. Scientists have discovered a virus that infects the fungus, and that could be engineered to save the amphibians.
The fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis or Bd, ravages the skin of frogs . . .