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Histopathology Confirms White-Nose Syndrome in Bats in Europe

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Original title:Histopathology Confirms White-Nose Syndrome in Bats in Europe
Authors:J. Pikula, H. Bandouchova, L. Novotný, C.U. Meteyer, Jan Zukal, N.R. Irwin, J. Zima, Natália Martínková
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Citation:PIKULA, J., H. BANDOUCHOVA, L. NOVOTNÝ, C.U. METEYER, Jan ZUKAL, N.R. IRWIN, J. ZIMA and Natália MARTÍNKOVÁ. Histopathology Confirms White-Nose Syndrome in Bats in Europe. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2012, vol. 48, No 1, p. 207–211. ISSN 0090-3558.Export BibTeX
@article{980523,
author = {Pikula, J. and Bandouchova, H. and Novotný, L. and Meteyer, C.U. and Zukal, Jan and Irwin, N.R. and Zima, J. and Martínková, Natália},
article_number = {1},
keywords = {Geomyces destructans; geomycosis; histopathology; Myotis myotis; whitenose syndrome},
language = {eng},
issn = {0090-3558},
journal = {Journal of Wildlife Diseases},
title = {Histopathology Confirms White-Nose Syndrome in Bats in Europe},
volume = {48},
year = {2012}
}
Original language:English
Field:Animal diseases, veterinary medicine
Type:Article in Periodical
Keywords:Geomyces destructans; geomycosis; histopathology; Myotis myotis; whitenose syndrome

White-nose syndrome, associated with the fungal skin infection geomycosis, caused regional population collapse in bats in North America. Our results, based on histopathology, show the presence of white-nose syndrome in Europe. Dermatohistopathology on two bats (Myotis myotis) found dead in March 2010 with geomycosis in the Czech Republic had characteristics resembling Geomyces destructans infection in bats confirmed with white-nose syndrome in US hibernacula. In addition, a live M. myotis, biopsied for histopathology during hibernation in April 2011, had typical fungal infection with cupping erosion and invasion of muzzle skin diagnostic for white-nose syndrome and conidiospores identical to G. destructans that were genetically confirmed as G. destructans.

 
 
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