| retrospective survey of museum specimens reveals historically widespread presence of batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in china. | chytridiomycosis, caused by the chytrid fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd), has been implicated in amphibian population declines worldwide. however, no amphibian declines or extinctions associated with bd have been reported in asia. to investigate the history of this pathogen in china, we examined 1,007 museum-preserved amphibian specimens of 80 species collected between 1933 and 2009. bd was detected in 60 individuals (6.0%), with the earliest case of bd infection occurring in one speci ... | 2014 | 24419667 |