Enhanced surveillance for white-nose syndrome in bats

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 530-532

  Griggs, Anne ^a   Keel, M Kevin ^b   Castle, Kevin ^a   Wong, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HIBERNATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RABIES; UNITED STATES; WHITE NOSE SYNDROME; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SYNDROME; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84857526544     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1803.111751     Document Type: Letter

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