ITS1 Copy Number Varies among Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Strains: Implications for qPCR Estimates of Infection Intensity from Field-Collected Amphibian Skin Swabs

• Ana V. Longo ,

  * E-mail: avl7@cornell.edu

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• David Rodriguez,

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Domingos da Silva Leite,

  Affiliation Laboratório de Antígenos Bacterianos II, Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil

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• Luís Felipe Toledo,

  Affiliation Museu de Zoologia “prof. Adão José Cardoso”, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil

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• Cinthya Mendoza Almeralla,

  Affiliation Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México DF, México

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• Patricia A. Burrowes,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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• Kelly R. Zamudio

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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