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Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia
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SYSNO ASEP 0349423 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia Author(s) Martínková, Natália (UBO-W) RID, ORCID, SAI
Bačkor, P. (SK)
Bartonička, T. (CZ)
Blažková, P. (CZ)
Červený, J. (CZ)
Falteisek, L. (CZ)
Gaisler, J. (CZ)
Hanzal, V. (CZ)
Horáček, D. (CZ)
Hubálek, Zdeněk (UBO-W) RID, SAI, ORCID
Jahelková, H. (CZ)
Kolařík, M. (CZ)
Korytár, Ľ. (SK)
Kubátová, A. (CZ)
Lehotská, B. (SK)
Lehotský, R. (SK)
Lučan, R. K. (CZ)
Májek, O. (CZ)
Matějů, J. (CZ)
Řehák, Z. (CZ)
Šafář, J. (CZ)
Tájek, P. (CZ)
Tkadlec, Emil (UBO-W) RID, ORCID, SAI
Uhrin, M. (SK)
Wagner, J. (CZ)
Weinfurtová, D. (CZ)
Zima, Jan (UBO-W) RID, SAI
Zukal, Jan (UBO-W) RID, ORCID, SAI
Horáček, I. (CZ)Number of authors 29 Source Title PLoS ONE. - : Public Library of Science - ISSN 1932-6203
Roč. 5, č. 11 (2010), e13853Number of pages 7 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords white-nose syndrome ; geomycosis ; bats Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour R&D Projects LC06073 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) CEZ AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011) UT WOS 000283839100010 EID SCOPUS 78149475424 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0013853 Annotation White-nose syndrome is a disease of hibernating insectivorous bats associated with the fungus Geomyces destructans. In Europe, it was first identified in France in 2009. Its distribution, infection dynamics, and effects on hibernating bats in Europe are largely unknown. We screened hibernacula in the Czech Republic and Slovakia since 2008/2009. In winter 2009/2010, we found infected bats in 76 out of 98 surveyed sites. A photographic record of over 6000 hibernating bats revealed bats with fungal growths since 1995; however, the incidence of such bats increased up to 14% by 2010. We confirmed the identity of the recently sampled fungus as G. destructans. At the end of the hibernation season we recorded pathologic changes in the skin of the affected bats, from which the fungus was isolated. We registered no mass mortality. Further development of the situation urgently requires a detailed pan-European monitoring scheme. Workplace Institute of Vertebrate Biology Contact Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524 Year of Publishing 2011
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