Mini saunas save endangered frogs from fungal disease

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Gratwicke, Brian; Savage, Anna
• 署名单位: Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian National Zoological Park & Conservation Biology Institute; State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-6259
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-01650-z
• 发表日期: 2024-07-11
• 页码: 277-278
• 关键词: chytridiomycosis

摘要

Amphibian species around the world are threatened with extinction by the deadly fungal disease chytridiomycosis. A simple, low-cost solution to provide warm conditions enables frogs to clear the infection and remain disease free.