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| Title |
Museum material reveals a frog parasite emergence after the invasion of the cane toad in Australia
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| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, June 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-3-50 |
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| Authors |
Ashlie Hartigan, David N Phalen, Jan Šlapeta |
| Abstract |
A parasite morphologically indistinguishable from Myxidium immersum (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) found in gallbladders of the invasive cane toad (Bufo marinus) was identified in Australian frogs. Because no written record exists for such a parasite in Australian endemic frogs in 19th and early 20th century, it was assumed that the cane toad introduced this parasite. While we cannot go back in time ourselves, we investigated whether material at the museum of natural history could be used to retrieve parasites, and whether they were infected at the time of their collection (specifically prior to and after the cane toad translocation to Australia in 1935). |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 102 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 15 | 15% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Tunisia | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 84 | 82% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 20% |
| Researcher | 18 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 25 | 25% |
| Unknown | 6 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 60 | 59% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 6% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 7% |