Valenzuela-Sánchez A.O'Hanlon S.J.Alvarado-Rybak M.Uribe-Rivera D.E.Cunningham A.A.Fisher M.C.Soto-Azat C.2022-08-252022-08-252018-04Transboundary and Emerging Diseases Volume 65, Issue 2, Pages 309 - 314April 201818651674https://repositorio.unab.cl/xmlui/handle/ria/23632Indexación ScopusEmerging fungal diseases represent a threat to food security, animal and human health worldwide. Amphibian chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has been associated with catastrophic and well-documented amphibian population declines and extinctions. For the first time, Bd was cultured from native and non-native wild amphibians in Chile. Phylogenomic analyses revealed that Chilean isolates AVS2, AVS4 and AVS7 group within the global panzootic lineage of Bd (BdGPL) in a single highly supported clade that includes a genotype previously isolated from the United Kingdom. Our results extend the known distribution of BdGPL in South America and suggest a single and relatively recent introduction of BdGPL into the country, providing additional support to the role of anthropogenic activity in the global spread of this panzootic lineage. © 2017 Blackwell Verlag GmbHenChytridiomycetesBatrachochytriumAmphibiansBatrachyla antartandicaCalyptocephalella gayiEmerging infectious diseaseArtículoCC BY-NC-ND10.1111/tbed.12775