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Experimental Infection of Snakes with Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola Causes Pathological Changes That Typify Snake Fungal Disease

Snake fungal disease (SFD) is an emerging skin infection of wild snakes in eastern North America. The fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola is frequently associated with the skin lesions that are characteristic of SFD, but a causal relationship between the fungus and the disease has not been established....

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Autores principales: Lorch, Jeffrey M., Lankton, Julia, Werner, Katrien, Falendysz, Elizabeth A., McCurley, Kevin, Blehert, David S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26578676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01534-15