Origin of the amphibian chytrid fungus.

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Published in Emerg Infect Dis on December 01, 2004

Authors

Ché Weldon1, Louis H du Preez, Alex D Hyatt, Reinhold Muller, Rick Spears

Author Affiliations

1: North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. drkcw@puk.ac.za

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