MARTÍNKOVÁ, Natália, Jiri PIKULA, Jan ZUKAL, Veronika KOVACOVA, Hana BANDOUCHOVA, Tomáš BARTONIČKA, Alexander BOTVINKIN, Jiří BRICHTA, Heliana DUNDAROVA, Tomasz KOKUREWICZ, Nancy IRWIN, Petr LINHART, Oleg ORLOV, Vladimir PIACEK, Pavel ŠKRABÁNEK, Mikhail TIUNOV and Alexandra ZAHRADNÍKOVÁ. Hibernation temperature-dependent Pseudogymnoascus destructans infection intensity in Palearctic bats. Virulence. Philadelphia: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2018, vol. 9, No 1, p. 1734-1750. ISSN 2150-5594. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2018.1548685.
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Original name Hibernation temperature-dependent Pseudogymnoascus destructans infection intensity in Palearctic bats
Authors MARTÍNKOVÁ, Natália (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiri PIKULA (203 Czech Republic), Jan ZUKAL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Veronika KOVACOVA (203 Czech Republic), Hana BANDOUCHOVA (203 Czech Republic), Tomáš BARTONIČKA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Alexander BOTVINKIN (643 Russian Federation), Jiří BRICHTA (203 Czech Republic), Heliana DUNDAROVA (100 Bulgaria), Tomasz KOKUREWICZ (616 Poland), Nancy IRWIN (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Petr LINHART (203 Czech Republic), Oleg ORLOV (643 Russian Federation), Vladimir PIACEK (203 Czech Republic), Pavel ŠKRABÁNEK (203 Czech Republic), Mikhail TIUNOV (643 Russian Federation) and Alexandra ZAHRADNÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic).
Edition Virulence, Philadelphia, TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2018, 2150-5594.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 4.775
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/18:00108956
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2018.1548685
UT WoS 000451876600001
Keywords in English Chiroptera; fungal load fuzzy regression histopathology thermal preference white-nose syndrome
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease caused by Pseudogymnoascus destructans that is devastating to Nearctic bat populations but tolerated by Palearctic bats. Temperature is a factor known to be important for fungal growth and bat choice of hibernation. Here we investigated the effect of temperature on the pathogenic fungal growth in the wild across the Palearctic. We modelled body surface temperature of bats with respect to fungal infection intensity and disease severity and were able to relate this to the mean annual surface temperature at the site. Bats that hibernated at lower temperatures had less fungal growth and fewer skin lesions on their wings. Contrary to expectation derived from laboratory P. destructans culture experiments, natural infection intensity peaked between 5 and 6°C and decreased at warmer hibernating temperature. We made predictive maps based on bat species distributions, temperature and infection intensity and disease severity data to determine not only where P. destructans will be found but also where the infection will be invasive to bats across the Palearctic. Together these data highlight the mechanistic model of the interplay between environmental and biological factors, which determine progression in a wildlife disease.
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