Fungal disease and the developing story of bat white-nose syndrome

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2-

  Blehert, David S ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; GEOMYCES DESTRUCTANS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; WHITE NOSE SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; HIBERNATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; PATHOGENICITY; SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; CHIROPTERA; DERMATOMYCOSES; HIBERNATION; NORTH AMERICA; NOSE; SYNDROME;

EID: 84864608450     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002779     Document Type: Article

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