Host, Pathogen, and Environmental Characteristics Predict White-Nose Syndrome Mortality in Captive Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)

Joseph S. Johnson; DeeAnn M. Reeder; James W. McMichael III; Melissa B. Meierhofer; Daniel W. F. Stern; Shayne S. Lumadue; Lauren E. Sigler; Harrison D. Winters; Megan E. Vodzak; Allen Kurta; Joseph A. Kath; Kenneth A. Field

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112502

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Host, Pathogen, and Environmental Characteristics Predict White-Nose Syndrome Mortality in Captive Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)

Joseph S. Johnson,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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DeeAnn M. Reeder,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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James W. McMichael III,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Melissa B. Meierhofer,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Daniel W. F. Stern,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Shayne S. Lumadue,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Lauren E. Sigler,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Harrison D. Winters,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Megan E. Vodzak,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Allen Kurta,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States of America
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Joseph A. Kath,

Affiliation Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Springfield, Illinois, United States of America
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Kenneth A. Field

* E-mail: kfield@bucknell.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Host, Pathogen, and Environmental Characteristics Predict White-Nose Syndrome Mortality in Captive Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)

Joseph S. Johnson,
DeeAnn M. Reeder,
James W. McMichael III,
Melissa B. Meierhofer,
Daniel W. F. Stern,
Shayne S. Lumadue,
Lauren E. Sigler,
Harrison D. Winters,
Megan E. Vodzak,
Allen Kurta

Published: November 19, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112502

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