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Ectoparasites may serve as vectors for the white-nose syndrome fungus
BACKGROUND: Vertebrate ectoparasites frequently play a role in transmission of infectious agents. Pseudogymnoascus destructans is a psychrophilic fungus known to cause white-nose syndrome (WNS), an emerging infectious disease of bats. It is transmitted with direct contact between bats or with contam...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712589/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26762515 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1302-2 |