Publications

white-nose syndrome and wing damage index scores among summer bats in the northeastern united states.	white-nose syndrome (wns) adversely affects millions of bats hibernating in caves of the eastern united states. beginning in 2009, the us fish and wildlife service supported use of a wing damage index (wdi) scoring system (scale of 0 to 3, or no damage to severe) to assess wing damage of bats captured during summer. based on bat captures at 459 mist net sites in pennsylvania, new york, maryland, virginia, and new jersey, usa, we questioned whether wdi scores varied by species group, date, and di ...	2011	21269995
risk factors associated with mortality from white-nose syndrome among hibernating bat colonies.	white-nose syndrome (wns) is a disease responsible for unprecedented mortality in hibernating bats. first observed in a new york cave in 2006, mortality associated with wns rapidly appeared in hibernacula across the northeastern united states. we used yearly presence-absence data on wns-related mortality among hibernating bat colonies in the northeast to determine factors influencing its spread. we evaluated hazard models to test hypotheses about the association between the timing of mortality a ...	2011	21632616
an emerging disease causes regional population collapse of a common north american bat species.	white-nose syndrome (wns) is an emerging disease affecting hibernating bats in eastern north america that causes mass mortality and precipitous population declines in winter hibernacula. first discovered in 2006 in new york state, wns is spreading rapidly across eastern north america and currently affects seven species. mortality associated with wns is causing a regional population collapse and is predicted to lead to regional extinction of the little brown myotis (myotis lucifugus), previously ...	2010	20689016
high concentrations of persistent organic pollutants including pcbs, ddt, pbdes and pfos in little brown bats with white-nose syndrome in new york, usa.	white-nose syndrome (wns) is a condition associated with white fungal growth on ears, wings, and nose of hibernating bats; this condition has recently resulted in high bat mortality in the northeastern united states. nevertheless, the pathogenesis of morbidity and mortality are still unknown. elevated exposure to toxic contaminants could be a contributing factor via the consequent immunosuppression and endocrine disruption. in this study, diseased little brown bats (myotis lucifugus) were collec ...	2010	20493513
morphological and molecular characterizations of psychrophilic fungus geomyces destructans from new york bats with white nose syndrome (wns).	massive die-offs of little brown bats (myotis lucifugus) have been occurring since 2006 in hibernation sites around albany, new york, and this problem has spread to other states in the northeastern united states. white cottony fungal growth is seen on the snouts of affected animals, a prominent sign of white nose syndrome (wns). a previous report described the involvement of the fungus geomyces destructans in wns, but an identical fungus was recently isolated in france from a bat that was eviden ...	2010	20520731
prevalence of cryptosporidium species in wildlife populations within a watershed landscape in southeastern new york state.	a cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of cryptosporidium in wildlife in the new york city (nyc) watershed in southeastern new york state. a total of 6227 fecal samples were collected and evaluated from 5892 mammals (38 species), 263 birds (14 species), 2 reptiles (2 species), 8 amphibians (4 species), and 62 fish (15 species). cryptosporidium was detected in 30 species. of the species found positive for cryptosporidium, 16 represented new records for this parasite-alo ...	2007	17466459
west nile virus antibodies in bats from new jersey and new york.	eighty-three serum samples were obtained from big brown (eptesicus fuscus), little brown (myotis lucifugus), and northern long-eared (myotis septentriotalis) bats (chiroptera: vespertilionidae), from new jersey and new york (usa) between july and october 2002. samples were analyzed for neutralizing antibodies to west nile virus (wnv) and st. louis encephalitis (sle) virus. one little brown bat and one northern long-eared bat tested positive for wnv neutralizing antibodies. no bats had antibodies ...	2004	15362837