Emerging fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in wild European snakes

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03352-1" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03352-1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03352-1" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-017-03352-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Emerging fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in wild European snakes

Original language description

Snake fungal disease (SFD) is an emerging disease of conservation concern in eastern North America. Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, the causative agent of SFD, has been isolated from over 30 species of wild snakes from six families in North America. Whilst O. ophiodiicola has been isolated from captive snakes outside North America, the pathogen has not been reported from wild snakes elsewhere. We screened 33 carcasses and 303 moulted skins from wild snakes collected from 2010-2016 in Great Britain and the Czech Republic for the presence of macroscopic skin lesions and O. ophiodiicola. The fungus was detected using real-time PCR in 26 (8.6%) specimens across the period of collection. Follow up culture and histopathologic analyses confirmed that both O. ophiodiicola and SFD occur in wild European snakes. Although skin lesions were mild in most cases, in some snakes they were severe and were considered likely to have contributed to mortality. Culture characterisations demonstrated that European isolates grew more slowly than those from the United States, and phylogenetic analyses indicated that isolates from European wild snakes reside in a clade distinct from the North American isolates examined. These genetic and phenotypic differences indicate that the European isolates represent novel strains of O. ophiodiicola. Further work is required to understand the individual and population level impact of this pathogen in Europe.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Scientific Reports

ISSN

2045-2322

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3844

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000403650300087

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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