Origgi, Francesco; Pisano, Simone R R; Glaizot, Olivier; Hertwig, Stefan T; Schmitz, Andreas; Ursenbacher, Sylvain (2022). Ophiodimyces ophiodiicola, Etiologic Agent of Snake Fungal Disease, in Europe since Late 1950s. Emerging infectious diseases, 28(10), pp. 2064-2068. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 10.3201/eid2810.220564
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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.