Snake fungal disease: an emerging threat to wild snakes

Detection of Snake Fungal Disease Due to Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in Virginia, USA

(2016) Amanda L. Guthrie et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

First Documented Case of Snake Fungal Disease in a Free-Ranging Wild Snake in Louisiana

(2016) Brad M. Glorioso et al.   SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST

TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction for detection of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, the fungus associated with snake fungal disease

(2015) Elizabeth Bohuski et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

The natural history, ecology, and epidemiology of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola and its potential impact on free-ranging snake populations

(2015) Matthew C. Allender et al.   Fungal Ecology

OPHIDIOMYCES OPHIODIICOLADERMATITIS IN EIGHT FREE-RANGING TIMBER RATTLESNAKES (CROTALUS HORRIDUS) FROM MASSACHUSETTS

(2015) Michael P. McBride et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE

Experimental Infection of Snakes with Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola Causes Pathological Changes That Typify Snake Fungal Disease

(2015) J. M. Lorch et al.   mBio

Why Do We Feel Sick When Infected—Can Altruism Play a Role?

(2015) Keren Shakhar et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Emerging Role of Urease as a General Microbial Virulence Factor

(2014) Julian C. Rutherford   PLoS Pathogens

Molecular Characterization of Reptile Pathogens Currently Known as Members of the Chrysosporium Anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii Complex and Relationship with Some Human-Associated Isolates

(2013) L. Sigler et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2014

(2013) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health

(2012) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   NATURE

Decline of an isolated timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) population: Interactions between climate change, disease, and loss of genetic diversity

(2011) Rulon W. Clark et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Economic Importance of Bats in Agriculture

(2011) J. G. Boyles et al.   SCIENCE

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Human Fungal Pathogens Causing Paracoccidioidomycosis

(2011) Christopher A. Desjardins et al.   PLoS Genetics

Are snake populations in widespread decline?

(2010) C. J. Reading et al.   Biology Letters

Understanding the vertebrate immune system: insights from the reptilian perspective

(2010) L. M. Zimmerman et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Isolation and Characterization of a New Fungal Species, Chrysosporium ophiodiicola, from a Mycotic Granuloma of a Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta)

(2008) S. Rajeev et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bat White-Nose Syndrome: An Emerging Fungal Pathogen?

(2008) D. S. Blehert et al.   SCIENCE