First Detection of Bat White-Nose Syndrome in Western North America

First Detection of Bat White-Nose Syndrome in Western North America

ABSTRACT White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emerging fungal disease of bats caused by Pseudogymnoascus destructans. Since it was first detected near Albany, NY, in 2006, the fungus has spread across eastern North America, killing unprecedented numbers of hibernating bats. The devastating impacts of WNS...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey M. Lorch, Jonathan M. Palmer, Daniel L. Lindner, Anne E. Ballmann, Kyle G. George, Kathryn Griffin, Susan Knowles, John R. Huckabee, Katherine H. Haman, Christopher D. Anderson, Penny A. Becker, Joseph B. Buchanan, Jeffrey T. Foster, David S. Blehert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-08-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Pseudogymnoascus destructans
Washington
bat
white-nose syndrome
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00148-16

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