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

ABSTRACT: The fungus Ophiodimyces 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.

SUBMITTER: Origgi FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9514351 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature