Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
<h4>Background</h4>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....
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oai:doaj.org-article:40b25c1a7fc846f7993671d7b0fdae392021-11-18T07:02:25ZIncreasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0013853https://doaj.org/article/40b25c1a7fc846f7993671d7b0fdae392010-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21079781/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>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, cultivation and molecular genetic evaluations confirmed the identity of the recently sampled fungus as G. destructans, and demonstrated its continuous distribution in the studied area. 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 caused by the fungus, and the recorded population decline in the last two years of the most affected species, M. myotis, is within the population trend prediction interval.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>G. destructans was found to be widespread in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with an epizootic incidence in bats during the most recent years. Further development of the situation urgently requires a detailed pan-European monitoring scheme.Natália MartínkováPeter BačkorTomáš BartoničkaPavla BlažkováJaroslav CervenýLukáš FalteisekJiří GaislerVladimír HanzalDaniel HoráčekZdeněk HubálekHelena JahelkováMiroslav KolaříkL'uboš KorytárAlena KubátováBlanka LehotskáRoman LehotskýRadek K LučanOndřej MájekJan MatějůZdeněk RehákJiří ŠafářPřemysl TájekEmil TkadlecMarcel UhrinJosef WagnerDita WeinfurtováJan ZimaJan ZukalIvan HoráčekPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 5, Iss 11, p e13853 (2010) |
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<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>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, cultivation and molecular genetic evaluations confirmed the identity of the recently sampled fungus as G. destructans, and demonstrated its continuous distribution in the studied area. 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 caused by the fungus, and the recorded population decline in the last two years of the most affected species, M. myotis, is within the population trend prediction interval.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>G. destructans was found to be widespread in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with an epizootic incidence in bats during the most recent years. Further development of the situation urgently requires a detailed pan-European monitoring scheme. |
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Natália Martínková Peter Bačkor Tomáš Bartonička Pavla Blažková Jaroslav Cervený Lukáš Falteisek Jiří Gaisler Vladimír Hanzal Daniel Horáček Zdeněk Hubálek Helena Jahelková Miroslav Kolařík L'uboš Korytár Alena Kubátová Blanka Lehotská Roman Lehotský Radek K Lučan Ondřej Májek Jan Matějů Zdeněk Rehák Jiří Šafář Přemysl Tájek Emil Tkadlec Marcel Uhrin Josef Wagner Dita Weinfurtová Jan Zima Jan Zukal Ivan Horáček |
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Natália Martínková Peter Bačkor Tomáš Bartonička Pavla Blažková Jaroslav Cervený Lukáš Falteisek Jiří Gaisler Vladimír Hanzal Daniel Horáček Zdeněk Hubálek Helena Jahelková Miroslav Kolařík L'uboš Korytár Alena Kubátová Blanka Lehotská Roman Lehotský Radek K Lučan Ondřej Májek Jan Matějů Zdeněk Rehák Jiří Šafář Přemysl Tájek Emil Tkadlec Marcel Uhrin Josef Wagner Dita Weinfurtová Jan Zima Jan Zukal Ivan Horáček |
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Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. |
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Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. |
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Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. |
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Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. |
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Increasing incidence of Geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. |
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increasing incidence of geomyces destructans fungus in bats from the czech republic and slovakia. |
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