Instant killing of pathogenic chytrid fungi by disposable nitrile gloves prevents disease transmission between amphibians

• Valarie Thomas ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Wildlife Health Ghent, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5136-6104

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• Pascale Van Rooij ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Wildlife Health Ghent, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Celine Meerpoel,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Wildlife Health Ghent, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Gwij Stegen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Wildlife Health Ghent, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Jella Wauters,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Chemical Analysis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Lynn Vanhaecke,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Chemical Analysis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• An Martel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Health Ghent, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Frank Pasmans

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Frank.Pasmans@ugent.be

  Affiliation Wildlife Health Ghent, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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