Study shows hope for fighting disease known as Ebola of frogs

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/uocf-ssh021519.php

Public Release: 15-Feb-2019
Study shows hope for fighting disease known as Ebola of frogs

University of Central Florida

Despite widespread infection, some frog populations are surviving a deadly disease that is the equivalent of mankind's Ebola virus. The reason --genetic diversity.

That's the finding of a new study published this week in the journal Immunogenetics. Anna Savage, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Central Florida, is the lead author of the study.

Wood frogs in Maryland gave UCF Assistant Professor Anna Savage and her team clues about an Ebola like disease hitting frogs around the world.

The research is important because frogs are facing what may be a mass extinction as a result of disease, Savage says.

"If you have more genetic variation, you have more potential to respond and adapt to anything," Savage says.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-019-01104-1

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