Ectoparasites may serve as vectors for the white-nose syndrome fungus

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F16%3A00454741" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/16:00454741 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00087779 RIV/00216208:11310/16:10324026 RIV/62157124:16270/16:43874417

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1302-2" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1302-2</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1302-2" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13071-016-1302-2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ectoparasites may serve as vectors for the white-nose syndrome fungus

Original language description

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 contaminated environment. The aim of this study was to examine wing mites from the family Spinturnicidae parasitizing hibernating bats for the presence of P. destructans propagules as another possible transmission route. nWing mites collected from 33 bats at four hibernation sites in the Czech Republic were inspected for the presence and load of pathogen's DNA using quantitative PCR. Simultaneously, wing damage of inspected bats caused by WNS was quantified using ultraviolet light (UV) transillumination and the relationship between fungal load on wing mites and intensity of infection was subjected to correlation analysis. All samples of wing mites were positive for the presence of DNA of P. destructans, indicating a high probability of their role in the transmission of the pathogen's propagules between bats. nMechanical transport of adhesive P. destructans spores and mycelium fragments on the body of spinturnicid mites is highly feasible. The specialised lifestyle of mites, i.e., living on bat wing membranes, the sites most typically affected by fungal growth, enables pathogen transport. Moreover, P. destructans metabolic traits suggest an ability to grow and sporulate on a range of organic substrates, including insects, which supports the possibility of growth on bat ectoparasites, at least in periods when bats roost in cold environments and enter torpor. In addition to transport of fungal propagules, mites may facilitate entry of fungal hyphae into the epidermis through injuries caused by biting. nn

Czech name

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Czech description

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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/GAP506%2F12%2F1064" target="_blank" >GAP506/12/1064: Bat adaptations to the fungal disease geomycosis</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Parasites Vectors

ISSN

1756-3305

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

16

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000368409100002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84991672119