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Alex D. Hyatt
Researcher at Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Publications - 165
Citations - 22107
Alex D. Hyatt is an academic researcher from Australian Animal Health Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Chytridiomycosis. The author has an hindex of 63, co-authored 165 publications receiving 20685 citations. Previous affiliations of Alex D. Hyatt include Geelong Football Club & Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife-- Threats to Biodiversity and Human Health
TL;DR: These phenomena have two major biological implications: many wildlife species are reservoirs of pathogens that threaten domestic animal and human health; second, wildlife EIDs pose a substantial threat to the conservation of global biodiversity.
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Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America.
Lee Berger,Richard Speare,Peter Daszak,D.E. Green,Andrew A. Cunningham,C. L. Goggin,R Slocombe,Mark A. Ragan,Alex D. Hyatt,Keith R. McDonald,Harry B. Hines,Karen R. Lips,Gerry Marantelli,H. Parkes +13 more
TL;DR: Experimental data support the conclusion that cutaneous chytridiomycosis is a fatal disease of anurans, and it is hypothesize that it is the proximate cause of these recent amphibian declines.
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Rapid quantitative detection of chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in amphibian samples using real-time Taqman PCR assay.
TL;DR: A real-time PCR Taqman assay that can accurately detect and quantify one zoospore in a diagnostic sample is developed that will assist the early detection of B. dendrobatidis in both captive and wild populations, thus facilitating treatment and protection of endangered populations, monitoring of pristine environments and preventing further global spread via amphibian trade.
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Emerging infectious diseases and amphibian population declines.
TL;DR: The role of these diseases in the global decline of amphibian populations is examined and hypotheses for the origins and impact of these panzootics are proposed.
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Infectious disease and amphibian population declines
TL;DR: It is suggested that, in common with many emerging infectious diseases of humans, domestic animals and other wildlife species, emergence of chytridiomycosis may be driven by anthropogenic introduction (pathogen pollution).