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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-34532015000300826</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.rmb.2015.07.007</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[First record of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infecting threatened populations of Tandilean Red-belly toad (Melanophryniscus aff. montevidensis) in Argentina]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Primer registro de Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infectando poblaciones amenazadas del sapito de panza roja de Tandil (Melanophryniscus aff. montevidensis) en Argentina]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Agostini]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Gabriela]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cortelezzi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Agustina]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Berkunsky]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Igor]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Soler]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriela]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Burrowes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Patricia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="A01">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Buenos Aires Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires Grupo de Estudios sobre Biodiversidad en Agroecosistemas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<aff id="A02">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional del Centro Instituto Multidisciplinario sobre Ecosistemas y Desarrollo Sustentable ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tandil ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<aff id="A03">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Superior de Formación Docente  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tandil ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<aff id="A04">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Puerto Rico Department of Biology ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Juan ]]></addr-line>
<country>Puerto Rico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>86</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>826</fpage>
<lpage>828</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000300826&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000300826&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000300826&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[We present the first record of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd ) infecting endangered populations of the Tandilean Red-belly toad (Melanophryniscus aff. montevidensis ). We obtained skin swab samples of 32 individuals. The prevalence was 35.5% and the infection levels varied between 0.34 and 915 Bd -genomic equivalents. This finding represents a new threat that could be affecting, in conjunction with the high habitat fragmentation, the viability of the studied populations.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Presentamos el primer registro de Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infectando poblaciones amenazadas del sapito de panza roja de Tandil (Melanophryniscus aff. montevidensis ). Obtuvimos muestras de hisopados de piel de 32 individuos cuyos resultados indicaron una prevalencia del 35.5% y niveles de infección que variaron entre 0.34-915 equivalentes genómicos de Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis . Este hallazgo representa una nueva amenaza que, conjuntamente con la alta fragmentación del hábitat, podría estar afectando la viabilidad de las poblaciones estudiadas.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Declinación poblacional]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pastizales de altura]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Chytridiomycosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Amphibians]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Population decline]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Highland grassland]]></kwd>
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