Contribution of host species and pathogen clade to snake fungal disease hotspots in Europe.
Autor: | Blanvillain G; Biological Sciences Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA. gaelle.blanvillain@gmail.com., Lorch JM; U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI, USA., Joudrier N; Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.; Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.; Info fauna-Karch, Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune (CSCF) and Centre de coordination pour la protection des reptiles et des amphibiens de Suisse (karch), Neuchâtel, Switzerland., Bury S; Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.; NATRIX Herpetological Association, Wroclaw, Poland., Cuenot T; LPO Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Site de Franche-Comté, Maison de l'environnement de BFC, Besançon, France., Franzen M; Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM-SNSB), Munich, Germany., Martínez-Freiría F; CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal.; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal., Guiller G; Le Grand Momesson, Bouvron, France., Halpern B; MME BirdLife Hungary, Budapest, Hungary.; Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.; HUN-REN-ELTE-MTM, Integrative Ecology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary., Kolanek A; NATRIX Herpetological Association, Wroclaw, Poland.; Department of Geoinformatics and Cartography, Institute of Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland., Kurek K; Department of Wildlife Conservation, Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Science, Cracow, Poland., Lourdais O; Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, ULR CNRS UMR 7372, Villiers en Bois, France.; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA., Michon A; LPO Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Site de Franche-Comté, Maison de l'environnement de BFC, Besançon, France., Musilová R; Zamenis Civic Association, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic., Schweiger S; First Zoological Department, Herpetological Collection, Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria., Szulc B; NATRIX Herpetological Association, Wroclaw, Poland.; Department of Genetics, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland., Ursenbacher S; Info fauna-Karch, Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune (CSCF) and Centre de coordination pour la protection des reptiles et des amphibiens de Suisse (karch), Neuchâtel, Switzerland.; Department of Environmental Sciences, Section of Conservation Biology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.; Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary., Zinenko O; V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine., Hoyt JR; Biological Sciences Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Communications biology [Commun Biol] 2024 Apr 10; Vol. 7 (1), pp. 440. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 10. |
DOI: | 10.1038/s42003-024-06092-x |
Abstrakt: | Infectious diseases are influenced by interactions between host and pathogen, and the number of infected hosts is rarely homogenous across the landscape. Areas with elevated pathogen prevalence can maintain a high force of infection and may indicate areas with disease impacts on host populations. However, isolating the ecological processes that result in increases in infection prevalence and intensity remains a challenge. Here we elucidate the contribution of pathogen clade and host species in disease hotspots caused by Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, the pathogen responsible for snake fungal disease, in 21 species of snakes infected with multiple pathogen strains across 10 countries in Europe. We found isolated areas of disease hotspots in a landscape where infections were otherwise low. O. ophidiicola clade had important effects on transmission, and areas with multiple pathogen clades had higher host infection prevalence. Snake species further influenced infection, with most positive detections coming from species within the Natrix genus. Our results suggest that both host and pathogen identity are essential components contributing to increased pathogen prevalence. (© 2024. The Author(s).) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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