Resumen de Vaccine could stop frog-killing fungus
Since it emerged in the 1980s, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has killing millions of amphibians globally and contributed to the decline of dozens of species. This chytrid fungus cripples the immune systems and makes the amphibians' skin grow too thick to absorb water, causing dehydration and heart failure. A vaccine should have a lasting and specific effect on the amphibians. Jason Rohr of the University of South Florida in Tampa and his colleagues froze the fungus to kill it and found that frogs that had more rounds of vaccination had fewer surviving fungus cells per gram of tissue.
