| prevalence of ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, the causative agent of snake fungal disease, in the interior plateau ecoregion of tennessee, usa. | the fungal pathogen ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, the causative agent of snake fungal disease, has been implicated in declines of north american snake populations since 2006 and the geographic range of this pathogen is still not fully known. in tennessee, o. ophiodiicola has been detected since 2012, but large portions of the state have not been surveyed for this pathogen. our primary objective was to monitor the prevalence of o. ophiodiicola in the interior plateau ecoregion of tennessee by swabbi ... | 2020 | 32348203 |