Abstract
White-nose syndrome in bats: illuminating the darkness
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Happy ten-year anniversary to BMC Biology! We can attest to the effectiveness of the journal in reaching a great diversity of scientists based on reader responses to our commentary [1] about bat white-nose syndrome (WNS) two years ago
Most hypotheses tended to focus on energetic explanations in which bats infected with G. destructans prematurely run out of fat stores during
Infection studies completed in two different laboratories with little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) confirmed that the fungus causes the skin lesions characteristic of the disease [2] and death after approximately two to three months of hibernation [3]
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Happy ten-year anniversary to BMC Biology! We can attest to the effectiveness of the journal in reaching a great diversity of scientists based on reader responses to our commentary [1] about bat white-nose syndrome (WNS) two years ago. *Correspondence: cryanp@usgs.gov 1US Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA Full list of author information is available at the end of the article hibernation.
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