Increasing Incidence of Geomyces destructans Fungus in Bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68081766:_____/10:00349423 RIV/60076658:12310/10:00011904 RIV/00216208:11310/10:10081108 RIV/61989592:15310/10:10212009 RIV/60460709:41320/10:49906

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Increasing Incidence of Geomyces destructans Fungus in Bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Original language description

Background: White-nose syndrome is a disease of hibernating insectivorous bats associated with the fungus Geomyces destructans. It first appeared in North America in 2006, where over a million bats died since then. In Europe, G. destructans was first identified in France in 2009. Its distribution, infection dynamics, and effects on hibernating bats in Europe are largely unknown. Methodology/Principal Findings: We screened hibernacula in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the presence of the fungus during the winter seasons of 2008/2009 and 2009/2010. In winter 2009/2010, we found infected bats in 76 out of 98 surveyed sites, in which the majority had been previously negative. A photographic record of over 6000 hibernating bats, taken since 1994, revealed bats with fungal growths since 1995; however, the incidence of such bats increased in Myotis myotis from 2% in 2007 to 14% by 2010. Microscopic and molecular genetic evaluations confirmed the identity of the recently sampled fungus as

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LC06073" target="_blank" >LC06073: Biodiversity Research Center</a><br>

Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2010

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

PLoS ONE.

ISSN

1932-6203

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Volume of the periodical

5

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

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