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Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021

Research Letter

Confirmed Cases of Ophidiomycosis in Museum Specimens from as Early as 1945, United States

Jeffrey M. LorchComments to Author , Steven J. Price, Julia S. Lankton, and Andrea N. Drayer
Author affiliations: US Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (J.M. Lorch, J.S. Lankton); University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA (S.J. Price, A.N. Drayer)

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Gross and histologic lesions in museum snake specimens with confirmed ophidiomycosis, United States. A, B) Crotalus horridus (A; University of Wisconsin Zoology Museum [UWZH] accession no. 22773) and Cemophora coccinea (B; UWZH accession no. 13822) specimens with thickened necrotic scales (arrows). C, D) Histologic sections of lesioned skin from the same C. horridus (C; UWZH accession no. 22773) and C. coccinea (D; UWZH accession no. 13822) specimens showing arthroconidia (arrow) and intralesional fungal hyphae consistent with Ophidiomyces ophidiicola infection. Scale bars indicate 20 µm.

Figure. Gross and histologic lesions in museum snake specimens with confirmed ophidiomycosis, United States. A, B) Crotalus horridus (A; University of Wisconsin Zoology Museum [UWZH] accession no. 22773) and Cemophora coccinea (B; UWZH accession no. 13822) specimens with thickened necrotic scales (arrows). C, D) Histologic sections of lesioned skin from the same C. horridus (C; UWZH accession no. 22773) and C. coccinea (D; UWZH accession no. 13822) specimens showing arthroconidia (arrow) and intralesional fungal hyphae consistent with Ophidiomyces ophidiicola infection. Scale bars indicate 20 µm.

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