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Paranannizziopsis spp. associated with skin lesions in wild snakes in North America and development of a real-time PCR assay for rapid detection of the fungus in clinical samples

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2014-04-26
End Date
2023-04-16

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Lorch, J.M., Winzeler, M.E., Lankton, J.S., Raverty, S., Snyman, H.N., Schwantje, H., Thacker, C., Knowles, S., Cai, H.Y., and Grear, D.A., 2023, Paranannizziopsis spp. associated with skin lesions in wild snakes in North America and development of a real-time PCR assay for rapid detection of the fungus in clinical samples: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TIGBUU.

Summary

The emergence of ophidiomycosis (or snake fungal disease) in snakes has prompted increased awareness of the potential impacts of fungal infections on wild reptile populations. Yet, aside from Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, little is known about other mycoses affecting wild reptiles. The closely related genus Paranannizziopsis has been associated with dermatomycosis in snakes and tuataras in captive collections and P. australasiensis was recently identified as the cause of skin infections in non-native wild panther chameleons (Furcifer pardalis) in Florida, USA. Here we describe five cases of Paranannizziopsis spp. associated with skin lesions in wild snakes in North America and one additional case from a captive snake from Connecticut, [...]

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Point of Contact :
Jeffrey M Lorch
Originator :
Jeffrey M Lorch, Megan E Winzeler, Julia S Lankton, Stephen Raverty, Heindrich N. Snyman, Helen Schwantje, Caeley Thacker, Susan Knowles, Hugh Y. Cai, Daniel A Grear
Metadata Contact :
Jeffrey M Lorch
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
National Wildlife Health Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Lorch_Paranannizziopsis_metadata.xml
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Lorch_table2.csv 3.07 KB text/csv
Lorch_table3.csv 5.05 KB text/csv
Lorch_table4.csv 24.82 KB text/csv

Purpose

The data were collected to identify cases of infection with Paranannizziopsis in wild snakes. The data could be used by future researchers to conduct phylogenetics on larger

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