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Recovered frog populations coexist with endemic Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis despite load‐dependent mortality by Hollanders, Matthijs, Grogan, Laura F., Nock, Catherine J., McCallum, Hamish I., Newell, David A.

“…Novel infectious diseases, particularly those caused by fungal pathogens, pose considerable risks to global biodiversity. The amphibian chytrid fungus…”
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Contemporary Demographic Reconstruction Methods Are Robust to Genome Assembly Quality: A Case Study in Tasmanian Devils by Patton, Austin H, Margres, Mark J, Stahlke, Amanda R, Hendricks, Sarah, Lewallen, Kevin, Hamede, Rodrigo K, Ruiz-Aravena, Manuel, Ryder, Oliver, McCallum, Hamish I, Jones, Menna E, Hohenlohe, Paul A, Storfer, Andrew

“…Abstract Reconstructing species’ demographic histories is a central focus of molecular ecology and evolution. Recently, an expanding suite of methods…”
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Global spread of helminth parasites at the human–domestic animal–wildlife interface by Wells, Konstans, Gibson, David I., Clark, Nicholas J., Ribas, Alexis, Morand, Serge, McCallum, Hamish I.

“…Changes in species distributions open novel parasite transmission routes at the human–wildlife interface, yet the strength of biotic and biogeographical…”
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Amphibian infection tolerance to chytridiomycosis by Grogan, Laura F, Mangan, Madelyn J, McCallum, Hamish I

“…Animal defences against infection involve two distinct but complementary mechanisms: tolerance and resistance. Tolerance measures the animal's ability to limit…”
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Do immune system changes at metamorphosis predict vulnerability to chytridiomycosis? An update by Humphries, Josephine E., Lanctôt, Chantal M., Robert, Jacques, McCallum, Hamish I., Newell, David A., Grogan, Laura F.

“…Amphibians are among the vertebrate groups suffering great losses of biodiversity due to a variety of causes including diseases, such as chytridiomycosis…”
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Review of the Amphibian Immune Response to Chytridiomycosis, and Future Directions by Grogan, Laura F, Robert, Jacques, Berger, Lee, Skerratt, Lee F, Scheele, Benjamin C, Castley, J Guy, Newell, David A, McCallum, Hamish I

“…The fungal skin disease, chytridiomycosis (caused by and ), has caused amphibian declines and extinctions globally since its emergence. Characterizing the host…”
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Pathogen spillover during land conversion by Faust, Christina L., McCallum, Hamish I., Bloomfield, Laura S. P., Gottdenker, Nicole L., Gillespie, Thomas R., Torney, Colin J., Dobson, Andrew P., Plowright, Raina K., Ostfeld, Richard

“…Pathogen spillover from wildlife to domestic animals and humans, and the reverse, has caused significant epidemics and pandemics worldwide. Although pathogen…”
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Disease-induced decline of an apex predator drives invasive dominated states and threatens biodiversity by Hollings, Tracey, Jones, Menna, Mooney, Nick, McCallum, Hamish Ian

“…Apex predators are important in protecting biodiversity through top-down influence on food webs. Their loss is linked with competitive release of invasive…”
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Rapid evolutionary response to a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils by Epstein, Brendan, Jones, Menna, Hamede, Rodrigo, Hendricks, Sarah, McCallum, Hamish, Murchison, Elizabeth P., Schönfeld, Barbara, Wiench, Cody, Hohenlohe, Paul, Storfer, Andrew

“…Although cancer rarely acts as an infectious disease, a recently emerged transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils ( Sarcophilus harrisii ) is virtually 100%…”
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Limited impact of chytridiomycosis on juvenile frogs in a recovered species by Hollanders, Matthijs, Grogan, Laura F., McCallum, Hamish I., Brannelly, Laura A., Newell, David A.

“…The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ( Bd ) has caused catastrophic frog declines on several continents, but disease outcome is mediated…”
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Mechanisms underlying host persistence following amphibian disease emergence determine appropriate management strategies by Brannelly, Laura A., McCallum, Hamish I., Grogan, Laura F., Briggs, Cheryl J., Ribas, Maria P., Hollanders, Matthijs, Sasso, Thais, Familiar López, Mariel, Newell, David A., Kilpatrick, Auston M., Drake, John

“…Emerging infectious diseases have caused many species declines, changes in communities and even extinctions. There are also many species that persist following…”
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Individual and temporal variation in pathogen load predicts long-term impacts of an emerging infectious disease by Wells, Konstans, Hamede, Rodrigo K., Jones, Menna E., Hohenlohe, Paul A., Storfer, Andrew, Mccallum, Hamish I.

“…Emerging infectious diseases increasingly threaten wildlife populations. Most studies focus on managing short-term epidemic properties, such as controlling…”
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Ecological dynamics of emerging bat virus spillover by Plowright, Raina K., Eby, Peggy, Hudson, Peter J., Smith, Ina L., Westcott, David, Bryden, Wayne L., Middleton, Deborah, Reid, Peter A., McFarlane, Rosemary A., Martin, Gerardo, Tabor, Gary M., Skerratt, Lee F., Anderson, Dale L., Crameri, Gary, Quammen, David, Jordan, David, Freeman, Paul, Wang, Lin-Fa, Epstein, Jonathan H., Marsh, Glenn A., Kung, Nina Y., McCallum, Hamish

“…Viruses that originate in bats may be the most notorious emerging zoonoses that spill over from wildlife into domestic animals and humans. Understanding how…”
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Transmission or Within-Host Dynamics Driving Pulses of Zoonotic Viruses in Reservoir-Host Populations by Plowright, Raina K, Peel, Alison J, Streicker, Daniel G, Gilbert, Amy T, McCallum, Hamish, Wood, James, Baker, Michelle L, Restif, Olivier

“…Progress in combatting zoonoses that emerge from wildlife is often constrained by limited knowledge of the biology of pathogens within reservoir hosts. We…”
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Australian vertebrate hosts of Japanese encephalitis virus: a review of the evidence by Moore, Kevin T, Mangan, Madelyn J, Linnegar, Belinda, Athni, Tejas S, McCallum, Hamish I, Trewin, Brendan J, Skinner, Eloise

“…Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) transmission in temperate Australia has underscored a critical need to characterise transmission pathways and identify…”
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Chytridiomycosis causes high amphibian mortality prior to the completion of metamorphosis by Humphries, Josephine E., Lanctôt, Chantal M., McCallum, Hamish I., Newell, David A., Grogan, Laura F.

“…Amphibian populations are undergoing extensive declines globally. The fungal disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium…”
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Null expectations for disease dynamics in shrinking habitat: dilution or amplification? by Faust, Christina L., Dobson, Andrew P., Gottdenker, Nicole, Bloomfield, Laura S. P., McCallum, Hamish I., Gillespie, Thomas R., Diuk-Wasser, Maria, Plowright, Raina K.

“…As biodiversity declines with anthropogenic land-use change, it is increasingly important to understand how changing biodiversity affects infectious disease…”
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Adaptive potential in the face of a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils by Strickland, Kasha, Jones, Menna E., Storfer, Andrew, Hamede, Rodrigo K., Hohenlohe, Paul A., Margres, Mark J., McCallum, Hamish I., Comte, Sebastien, Lachish, Shelly, Kruuk, Loeske E. B.

“…Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) not only cause catastrophic declines in wildlife populations but also generate selective pressures that may result in rapid…”
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Infection of the fittest: devil facial tumour disease has greatest effect on individuals with highest reproductive output by Wells, Konstans, Hamede, Rodrigo K., Kerlin, Douglas H., Storfer, Andrew, Hohenlohe, Paul A., Jones, Menna E., McCallum, Hamish I., Ezenwa, Vanessa

“…Emerging infectious diseases rarely affect all members of a population equally and determining how individuals’ susceptibility to infection is related to other…”
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Evaluating the links between climate, disease spread, and amphibian declines by Rohr, Jason R, Raffel, Thomas R, Romansic, John M, McCallum, Hamish, Hudson, Peter J

“…Human alteration of the environment has arguably propelled the Earth into its sixth mass extinction event and amphibians, the most threatened of all vertebrate…”
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