Modeling the environmental growth of Pseudogymnoascus destructans and its impact on the white-nose syndrome epidemic

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 318-331

  Reynolds, Hannah T ^a   Ingersoll, Tom ^b   Barton, Hazel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat populations; Cave fungi; Disease model; Environmental growth; Extirpation; Pseudogymnoascus destructans; White nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS;

DIPEPTIDE; N-(3-ETHOXYCARBONYLOXIRANE-2-CARBONYL)-ISOLEUCYL-PROLINE;

ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; BAT; CAVE; DERMATOMYCOSES; EPIDEMIC; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; CAVES; CHIROPTERA; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIPEPTIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EPIDEMICS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84928043031     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2014-06-157     Document Type: Article

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