White-nose syndrome: A deadly emerging infectious disease of hibernating bats

Deeann M. Reeder; Marianne S. Moore

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-7397-8_20

White-nose syndrome: A deadly emerging infectious disease of hibernating bats

Deeann M. Reeder, Marianne S. Moore

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In the winter of 2006-2007, thousands of dead bats were found at a single cave in New York. When mortality spread to nearby hibernacula in the winter of 2007-2008, this emerging infectious disease was dubbed white-nose syndrome (WNS), for the white fungi noted around the bat's muzzle. Current estimates suggest that between 5.7 and 6.7 million bats have died thus far (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2012) News release: North American bat death toll exceeds 5.5 million from white-nose syndrome. http://www.fws.gov/whitenosesyndrome/pdf/WNS-Mortality-2012-NR-FINAL.pdf. Accessed 21 Feb 2012), making this one of the most significant conservation threats to bats in history. The goal of this chapter is to review the current state of knowledge regarding WNS and to highlight areas where further research is needed.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation
Publisher	Springer New York
Pages	413-434
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9781461473978
ISBN (Print)	1461473969, 9781461473961
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7397-8_20
State	Published - Mar 1 2013
Externally published	Yes

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