Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
Research Letter
Confirmed Cases of Ophidiomycosis in Museum Specimens from as Early as 1945, United States
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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.](/eid/images/20-4864-F1.jpg)
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.