Development and application of a qPCR-based genotyping assay for Ophidiomyces ophidiicola to investigate the epidemiology of ophidiomycosis

• Ellen Haynes ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ekh27@cornell.edu

  Affiliations Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Current affiliation: Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0033-0304

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• Jeffrey Lorch,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Matthew C. Allender

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America

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