| poor replication of west nile virus (new york 1999 strain) in three reptilian and one amphibian species. | because west nile (wn) virus primarily cycles between mosquitoes and birds, north american reptiles and amphibians have not been evaluated as reservoir hosts of this virus. we infected three species of reptiles and one species of amphibian: iguana iguana (green iguana), thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (florida garter snake), trachymes scripta elegans (red-ear slider), and rana catesbeiana (north american bullfrog). after inoculation with wn virus, some of the green iguanas, bullfrogs, and garter sn ... | 2003 | 14628941 |
| redescription of the frog bladder fluke gorgoderina attenuata from the northern leopard frog, rana pipiens. | morphological characters used to differentiate north american bladder flukes, gorgoderina spp., are problematic and different authors use different morphological characteristics for distinguishing species. more importantly, no type specimens exist for 4 of the 12 north american species infecting anuran and caudatan hosts. a redescription of gorgoderina attenuata (stafford, 1902) stafford, 1905 is based on new collections from 6 species of anurans from arkansas, nebraska, new york, and wisconsin. ... | 2009 | 19642808 |
| batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection dynamics vary seasonally in upstate new york, usa. | the amphibian disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd), is a major cause of worldwide amphibian declines and extinctions. although several studies indicate that bd prevalence and infection intensity vary seasonally, temporal variation of bd at high-latitude sites, such as the northeastern usa, is still poorly characterized. we screened amphibians for bd monthly at 2 study sites in new york state from april to october 2011 and used quantitative polymerase ... | 2014 | 25144117 |