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Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines.

  • O'Hanlon SJ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK. simon.ohanlon@gmail.com matthew.fisher@imperial.ac.uk.
  • Rieux A CIRAD, UMR PVBMT, 97410 St. Pierre, Reunion, France.
  • Farrer RA Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
  • Rosa GM Institute of Zoology, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.
  • Waldman B Laboratory of Behavioral and Population Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea.
  • Bataille A Laboratory of Behavioral and Population Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea.
  • Kosch TA Laboratory of Behavioral and Population Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea.
  • Murray KA Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
  • Brankovics B Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Fumagalli M Department of Life Sciences, Silwood Park Campus, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK.
  • Martin MD Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Erling Skakkes gate 49, NO-7012 Trondheim, Norway.
  • Wales N Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Alvarado-Rybak M Centro de Investigación para la Sustentabilidad, Facultad de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Andres Bello, Republica 440, Santiago, Chile.
  • Bates KA Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
  • Berger L One Health Research Group, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia.
  • Böll S Agency for Population Ecology and Nature Conservancy, Gerbrunn, Germany.
  • Brookes L Institute of Zoology, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.
  • Clare F Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
  • Courtois EA Laboratoire Ecologie, Évolution, Interactions des Systèmes Amazoniens (LEEISA), Université de Guyane, CNRS, IFREMER, 97300 Cayenne, French Guiana.
  • Cunningham AA Institute of Zoology, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.
  • Doherty-Bone TM Conservation Programmes, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Ghosh P Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
  • Gower DJ Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
  • Hintz WE Biology Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3N5, Canada.
  • Höglund J Department of Ecology and Genetics, EBC, Uppsala University, Norbyv. 18D, SE-75236, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Jenkinson TS Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
  • Lin CF Zoology Division, Endemic Species Research Institute, 1 Ming-shen East Road, Jiji, Nantou 552, Taiwan.
  • Laurila A Department of Ecology and Genetics, EBC, Uppsala University, Norbyv. 18D, SE-75236, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Loyau A Department of Conservation Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
  • Martel A Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
  • Meurling S Department of Ecology and Genetics, EBC, Uppsala University, Norbyv. 18D, SE-75236, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Miaud C PSL Research University, CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, Montpellier, France.
  • Minting P Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) Trust, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 4AP, UK.
  • Pasmans F Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
  • Schmeller DS Department of Conservation Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
  • Schmidt BR Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland, and Info Fauna Karch, UniMail-Bâtiment G, Bellevaux 51, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
  • Shelton JMG Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
  • Skerratt LF One Health Research Group, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia.
  • Smith F Institute of Zoology, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.
  • Soto-Azat C Centro de Investigación para la Sustentabilidad, Facultad de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Andres Bello, Republica 440, Santiago, Chile.
  • Spagnoletti M UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
  • Tessa G Non-profit Association Zirichiltaggi-Sardinia Wildlife Conservation, Strada Vicinale Filigheddu 62/C, I-07100 Sassari, Italy.
  • Toledo LF Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil.
  • Valenzuela-Sánchez A Centro de Investigación para la Sustentabilidad, Facultad de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Andres Bello, Republica 440, Santiago, Chile.
  • Verster R Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Private Bag x6001, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa.
  • Vörös J Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles, Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Baross u. 13., 1088, Hungary.
  • Webb RJ One Health Research Group, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia.
  • Wierzbicki C Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
  • Wombwell E Institute of Zoology, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.
  • Zamudio KR Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
  • Aanensen DM Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK.
  • James TY Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
  • Gilbert MTP Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Erling Skakkes gate 49, NO-7012 Trondheim, Norway.
  • Weldon C Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Private Bag x6001, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa.
  • Bosch J Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC c/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
  • Balloux F UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
  • Garner TWJ Institute of Zoology, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.
  • Fisher MC Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK. simon.ohanlon@gmail.com matthew.fisher@imperial.ac.uk.
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  • 2018-05-12
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  • Science (New York, N.Y.). - 2018
Africa
Americas
Amphibians
Animals
Asia
Australia
Chytridiomycota
Europe
Extinction, Biological
Genes, Fungal
Genetic Variation
Hybridization, Genetic
Korea
Phylogeny
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Virulence
English Globalized infectious diseases are causing species declines worldwide, but their source often remains elusive. We used whole-genome sequencing to solve the spatiotemporal origins of the most devastating panzootic to date, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a proximate driver of global amphibian declines. We traced the source of B. dendrobatidis to the Korean peninsula, where one lineage, BdASIA-1, exhibits the genetic hallmarks of an ancestral population that seeded the panzootic. We date the emergence of this pathogen to the early 20th century, coinciding with the global expansion of commercial trade in amphibians, and we show that intercontinental transmission is ongoing. Our findings point to East Asia as a geographic hotspot for B. dendrobatidis biodiversity and the original source of these lineages that now parasitize amphibians worldwide.
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