White-Nose Syndrome Fungus in a 1918 Bat Specimen from France

White-nose syndrome, first diagnosed in North America in 2006, causes mass deaths among bats in North America. We found the causative fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, in a 1918 sample collected in Europe, where bats have now adapted to the fungus. These results are consistent with a Eurasian or...

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Autores principales: Campana, Michael G., Kurata, Naoko P., Foster, Jeffrey T., Helgen, Lauren E., Reeder, DeeAnn M., Fleischer, Robert C., Helgen, Kristofer M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5572869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28820367
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.170875
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author Campana, Michael G.
Kurata, Naoko P.
Foster, Jeffrey T.
Helgen, Lauren E.
Reeder, DeeAnn M.
Fleischer, Robert C.
Helgen, Kristofer M.
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Kurata, Naoko P.
Foster, Jeffrey T.
Helgen, Lauren E.
Reeder, DeeAnn M.
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description White-nose syndrome, first diagnosed in North America in 2006, causes mass deaths among bats in North America. We found the causative fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, in a 1918 sample collected in Europe, where bats have now adapted to the fungus. These results are consistent with a Eurasian origin of the pathogen.
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spelling pubmed-55728692017-09-02 White-Nose Syndrome Fungus in a 1918 Bat Specimen from France Campana, Michael G. Kurata, Naoko P. Foster, Jeffrey T. Helgen, Lauren E. Reeder, DeeAnn M. Fleischer, Robert C. Helgen, Kristofer M. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter White-nose syndrome, first diagnosed in North America in 2006, causes mass deaths among bats in North America. We found the causative fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, in a 1918 sample collected in Europe, where bats have now adapted to the fungus. These results are consistent with a Eurasian origin of the pathogen. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5572869/ /pubmed/28820367 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.170875 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Campana, Michael G.
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Foster, Jeffrey T.
Helgen, Lauren E.
Reeder, DeeAnn M.
Fleischer, Robert C.
Helgen, Kristofer M.
White-Nose Syndrome Fungus in a 1918 Bat Specimen from France
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title_short White-Nose Syndrome Fungus in a 1918 Bat Specimen from France
title_sort white-nose syndrome fungus in a 1918 bat specimen from france
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5572869/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.170875
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