Antibodies to Pseudogymnoascus destructans are not sufficient for protection against white-nose syndrome

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2203-2214

  Johnson, Joseph S ^a   Reeder, DeeAnn M ^a   Lilley, Thomas M ^b   Czirják, Gábor Á ^c   Voigt, Christian C ^c   Mcmichael, James W ^a   Meierhofer, Melissa B ^a   Seery, Christopher W ^a   Lumadue, Shayne S ^a   Altmann, Alexander J ^a   Toro, Michael O ^a   Field, Kenneth A ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corynorhinus; Eptesicus; Myotis; Perimyotis; WNS; Antibody mediated immunity; Antifungal immunity; Disease ecology; Hibernation; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

CORYNORHINUS; EPTESICUS; FUNGI; MYOTIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS;

EID: 84930374541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1502     Document Type: Article

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