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ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2021

Revisiting Ophidiomycosis (Snake Fungal Disease) After a Decade of Targeted Research.

Christina M Davy, Leonard Shirose, Doug Campbell, Rachel Dillon, Christina McKenzie, Nicole Nemeth, Tony Braithwaite, Hugh Cai, Tarra Degazio, Tammy Dobbie and 11 more

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Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Nationwide Screening Unveils EndemicJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  8. Snake Fungal Disease in Free-Ranging Northern Pine Snakes (Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  11. Leveraging preserved specimens ofEcology and evolution · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Christina M DavyWildlife Research and Monitoring Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, ON, Canada.
Leonard ShiroseDepartment of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Doug CampbellDepartment of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Rachel DillonEnvironmental and Life Sciences Program, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada.
Christina McKenzieDepartment of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Nicole NemethDepartment of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Tony BraithwaiteKingsville Animal Hospital, Kingsville, ON, Canada.
Hugh CaiAnimal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Tarra DegazioPoint Pelee National Park, Leamington, ON, Canada.
Tammy DobbiePoint Pelee National Park, Leamington, ON, Canada.
Sean EganEgan Fife Animal Hospital, Chatham, ON, Canada.
Heather FotherbyNatural Resource Solutions Inc., Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Jacqueline D LitzgusDepartment of Biology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada.
Pilar ManoromeOntario Parks, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, ON, Canada.
Steve MarksEssex County Field Naturalists' Club, c/o Ojibway Nature Centre, Windsor, ON, Canada.
James E PatersonEnvironmental and Life Sciences Program, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada.
Lynne SiglerAgriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Durda SlavicAnimal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Emily SlavikOntario Parks, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, ON, Canada.
John UrquhartBlazing Star Environmental, Oshawa, ON, Canada.
Claire JardineDepartment of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
University of Guelph · CAMinistry of Natural Resources and Forestry · CACanadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health · CAPoint Pelee National ParkTrent University · CALaurentian University · CAUniversity of Alberta · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are typically characterized by novelty (recent detection) and by increasing incidence, distribution, and/or pathogenicity. Ophidiomycosis, also called snake fungal disease, is caused by the fungus

Indexed as

emerging infectious diseasefungal pathogenOphidiomyces ophidiicolaophidiomycosisqPCRreptilesnake

Identifiers

PMID34136555
PMCPMC8200636
OpenAlexW3168462495

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