Long-Term Persistence of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the Causative Agent of White-Nose Syndrome, in the Absence of Bats

EcoHealth

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 330-333

  Hoyt, Joseph R ^a   Langwig, Kate E ^a   Okoniewski, Joseph ^b   Frick, Winifred F ^a   Stone, Ward B ^b   Kilpatrick, A Marm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental reservoir; fungal pathogen; pathogen persistence; Pseudogymnoascus destructans; white nose syndrome; wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; BAT; HIBERNATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSES; NEW YORK; NOSE; PATHOGENICITY; SEASON; SYNDROME; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; CHIROPTERA; HIBERNATION; MYCOSES; NEW YORK; NOSE; SEASONS; SYNDROME;

EID: 84942502319     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0981-4     Document Type: Article

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