Historic and geographic surveillance of Pseudogymnoascus
destructans possible from collections of bat parasites

J 2018

Historic and geographic surveillance of Pseudogymnoascus destructans possible from collections of bat parasites

ZAHRADNÍKOVÁ, Alexandra, Veronika KOVACOVA, Natália MARTÍNKOVÁ, Maria V ORLOVA, Oleg L ORLOV et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Historic and geographic surveillance of Pseudogymnoascus destructans possible from collections of bat parasites

Authors

ZAHRADNÍKOVÁ, Alexandra (203 Czech Republic), Veronika KOVACOVA (203 Czech Republic), Natália MARTÍNKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Maria V ORLOVA (643 Russian Federation), Oleg L ORLOV (643 Russian Federation), Vladimir PIACEK (203 Czech Republic), Jan ZUKAL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jiří PIKULA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES, Hoboken, NJ USA, Wiley, 2018, 1865-1674

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.554

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/18:00102182

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12773

UT WoS

000426530100010

Keywords in English

Chiroptera; ectoparasite; Eurasia; fungal infection; Russia; white-nose syndrome

Abstract

V originále

Specimens archived in wet collections represent valuable material for scientific research. Here, we show that bat fly (Diptera, Nycteribiidae) samples contain DNA of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, a fungus pathogenic to bats. Using dual-probe quantitative PCR, we detected P. destructans DNA on bat flies collected in the Samara, Sverdlovsk and Irkutsk regions of Russia between 2005 and 2017. Fungal load was significantly lower on bat flies from wet collections than on freshly collected mites in the Czech Republic. The bat pathogen was present in the Samara region (European part of Russia) in 2005, that is, a year before recognition of white-nose syndrome in North America. As Samara and Irkutsk regions were identified as new positive locations of P. destructans, our data expand the known geographic distribution of P. destructans. We conclude that ethanol-stored ectoparasites can be used to identify the presence of pathogens in historic bat populations and understudied geographical regions.

Citovat

ZAHRADNÍKOVÁ, Alexandra, Veronika KOVACOVA, Natália MARTÍNKOVÁ, Maria V ORLOVA, Oleg L ORLOV, Vladimir PIACEK, Jan ZUKAL and Jiří PIKULA. Historic and geographic surveillance of Pseudogymnoascus destructans possible from collections of bat parasites. TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES. Hoboken, NJ USA: Wiley, 2018, vol. 65, No 2, p. 303-308. ISSN 1865-1674. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12773.

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ZAHRADNÍKOVÁ, Alexandra, Veronika KOVACOVA, Natália MARTÍNKOVÁ, Maria V ORLOVA, Oleg L ORLOV, Vladimir PIACEK, Jan ZUKAL and Jiří PIKULA. Historic and geographic surveillance of Pseudogymnoascus destructans possible from collections of bat parasites. \textit{TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES}. Hoboken, NJ USA: Wiley, 2018, vol.~65, No~2, p.~303-308. ISSN~1865-1674. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12773.

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