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Published online 7 February 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030203-11
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Frog dip detects killer fungus
Infection-detecting bath could aid conservation.
Australian researchers are giving frogs baths. They have developed a dip that detects the killer fungus largely responsible for the worldwide slump in amphibian numbers.
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