white-nose syndrome fungus in a 1918 bat specimen from france. | white-nose syndrome, first diagnosed in north america in 2006, causes mass deaths among bats in north america. we found the causative fungus, pseudogymnoascus destructans, in a 1918 sample collected in europe, where bats have now adapted to the fungus. these results are consistent with a eurasian origin of the pathogen. | 2017 | 28820367 |