White-Nose Syndrome Fungus (Geomyces destructans) in Bat, France

Puechmaille, Sébastien J.; Verdeyroux, Pascal; Fuller, Hubert; Gouilh, Meriadeg Ar; Bekaert, Michaël; Teeling, Emma C.

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White-Nose Syndrome Fungus (Geomyces destructans) in Bat, France

Published Date:

Feb 2010

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Emerg Infect Dis. 16(2):290-293.

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Puechmaille, Sébastien J. ; Verdeyroux, Pascal ; Fuller, Hubert ; Gouilh, Meriadeg Ar ; Bekaert, Michaël ; ... More ▼

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White-nose syndrome is caused by the fungus Geomyces destructans and is responsible for the deaths of >1,000,000 bats since 2006. This disease and fungus had been restricted to the northeastern United States. We detected this fungus in a bat in France and assessed the implications of this finding.

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