Lee Berger

Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America.

Chlamydia pneumoniae in a free-ranging giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus) from Australia.

Emerging infectious diseases and amphibian population declines.

Fungicidal effects of chemical disinfectants, UV light, desiccation and heat on the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Virulence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytium dendrobatidis varies with the strain.

Life cycle stages of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and pathology in the skin of green tree frogs Litoria caerulea with severe chytridiomycosis.

MS-222 (tricaine methane sulfonate) does not kill the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Electrolyte depletion and osmotic imbalance in amphibians with chytridiomycosis.

Survey protocol for detecting chytridiomycosis in all Australian frog populations.

A zoospore inhibition technique to evaluate the activity of antifungal compounds against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and unsuccessful treatment of experimentally infected green tree frogs (Litoria caerulea) by fluconazole and benzalkonium chloride.

Survival of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on bare hands and gloves: hygiene implications for amphibian handling.

Rapid global expansion of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis into declining and healthy amphibian populations.

Pathogenesis of chytridiomycosis, a cause of catastrophic amphibian declines.

Severe sparganosis in Australian tree frogs.

Geological setting and age of Australopithecus sediba from southern Africa.

Interactions between Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and its amphibian hosts: a review of pathogenesis and immunity.

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: requirement for further isolate collection and archiving.

Application of the survey protocol for chytridiomycosis to Queensland, Australia.

Experimental infection of self-cured Leiopelma archeyi with the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Treatment of chytridiomycosis requires urgent clinical trials.

Polymorphic repetitive loci of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Using community surveillance data to differentiate between emerging and endemic amphibian diseases.

Controlling wildlife fungal disease spread: in vitro efficacy of disinfectants against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Mucor amphibiorum.

Chloramphenicol with fluid and electrolyte therapy cures terminally ill green tree frogs (Litoria caerulea) with chytridiomycosis.

Hematologic and plasma biochemical reference intervals for health monitoring of wild Australian tree frogs.

Fluorosis as a probable factor in metabolic bone disease in captive New Zealand native frogs (Leiopelma species).

Temperature alters reproductive life history patterns in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal pathogen associated with the global loss of amphibians.

Prior infection does not improve survival against the amphibian disease Chytridiomycosis.

Complex history of the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus revealed with genome resequencing data.

Chytridiomycosis and seasonal mortality of tropical stream-associated frogs 15 years after introduction of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Variation in thermal performance of a widespread pathogen, the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

First evidence of amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and ranavirus in Hong Kong amphibian trade.

Surveillance for emerging biodiversity diseases of wildlife.

Baseline cutaneous bacteria of free-living New Zealand native frogs (Leiopelma archeyi and Leiopelma hochstetteri) and implications for their role in defense against the amphibian chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis).

Defects in host immune function in tree frogs with chronic chytridiomycosis.

Experimental evolution alters the rate and temporal pattern of population growth in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal fungal pathogen of amphibians.

Susceptibility of amphibians to chytridiomycosis is associated with MHC class II conformation.

Terrestrial Dispersal and Potential Environmental Transmission of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis).

Taphonomic Analysis of the Faunal Assemblage Associated with the Hominins (Australopithecus sediba) from the Early Pleistocene Cave Deposits of Malapa, South Africa.

Rapid Response to Evaluate the Presence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Wild Amphibian Populations in Madagascar.

Treatment trial of clinically ill corroboree frogs with chytridiomycosis with two triazole antifungals and electrolyte therapy.

Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa.

Dynamics of Chytridiomycosis during the Breeding Season in an Australian Alpine Amphibian.

Endemicity of chytridiomycosis features pathogen overdispersion.

Amphibians with infectious disease increase their reproductive effort: evidence for the terminal investment hypothesis.

Effects of chytridiomycosis on hematopoietic tissue in the spleen, kidney and bone marrow in three diverse amphibian species.

In Memory of Rick Speare.

Characterization of MHC class IA in the endangered southern corroboree frog.

Epidermal cell death in frogs with chytridiomycosis.

New fossil remains of from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa.

The age of and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa.

and Pleistocene hominin evolution in subequatorial Africa.

Disease-associated change in an amphibian life-history trait.

White blood cell profiles in amphibians help to explain disease susceptibility following temperature shifts.

Evolution of resistance to chytridiomycosis is associated with a robust early immune response.

Survival, gene and metabolite responses of Litoria verreauxii alpina frogs to fungal disease chytridiomycosis.

The efficacy and pharmacokinetics of terbinafine against the frog-killing fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis).

Regional variation in percutaneous absorption in the tree frog Litoria caerulea.

Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines.