Histopathology Confirms White-Nose Syndrome in Bats in Europe

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 207-211

  Pikula, Jiri ^a   Bandouchova, Hana ^a   Novotný, Ladislav ^a   Meteyer, Carol U ^b   Zukal, Jan ^c,d   Irwin, Nancy R ^e   Zima, Jan ^c   Martínkova, Natália ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomyces destructans; Geomycosis; Histopathology; Myotis myotis; Whitenose syndrome

Indexed keywords

GEOMYCES; MYOTIS MYOTIS;

EID: 84856064602     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.1.207     Document Type: Article

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