Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, Etiologic Agent of Snake Fungal Disease, in Europe since Late 1950s

The fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola is the etiologic agent of snake fungal disease. Recent findings date US occurrence at least as far back as 1945. We analyzed 22 free-ranging snakes with gross lesions consistent with snake fungal disease from museum collections from Europe. We found 5 positive sa...

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Autores principales: Origgi, Francesco C., Pisano, Simone R.R., Glaizot, Olivier, Hertwig, Stefan T., Schmitz, Andreas, Ursenbacher, Sylvain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9514351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36148931
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2810.220564
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author Origgi, Francesco C.
Pisano, Simone R.R.
Glaizot, Olivier
Hertwig, Stefan T.
Schmitz, Andreas
Ursenbacher, Sylvain
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description The fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola is the etiologic agent of snake fungal disease. Recent findings date US occurrence at least as far back as 1945. We analyzed 22 free-ranging snakes with gross lesions consistent with snake fungal disease from museum collections from Europe. We found 5 positive samples, the oldest collected in 1959.
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spelling pubmed-95143512022-10-01 Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, Etiologic Agent of Snake Fungal Disease, in Europe since Late 1950s Origgi, Francesco C. Pisano, Simone R.R. Glaizot, Olivier Hertwig, Stefan T. Schmitz, Andreas Ursenbacher, Sylvain Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch The fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola is the etiologic agent of snake fungal disease. Recent findings date US occurrence at least as far back as 1945. We analyzed 22 free-ranging snakes with gross lesions consistent with snake fungal disease from museum collections from Europe. We found 5 positive samples, the oldest collected in 1959. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9514351/ /pubmed/36148931 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2810.220564 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Origgi, Francesco C.
Pisano, Simone R.R.
Glaizot, Olivier
Hertwig, Stefan T.
Schmitz, Andreas
Ursenbacher, Sylvain
Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, Etiologic Agent of Snake Fungal Disease, in Europe since Late 1950s
title Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, Etiologic Agent of Snake Fungal Disease, in Europe since Late 1950s
title_full Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, Etiologic Agent of Snake Fungal Disease, in Europe since Late 1950s
title_fullStr Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, Etiologic Agent of Snake Fungal Disease, in Europe since Late 1950s
title_full_unstemmed Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, Etiologic Agent of Snake Fungal Disease, in Europe since Late 1950s
title_short Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, Etiologic Agent of Snake Fungal Disease, in Europe since Late 1950s
title_sort ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, etiologic agent of snake fungal disease, in europe since late 1950s
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9514351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36148931
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2810.220564
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