| 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 |
| molecular detection of candidatus bartonella mayotimonensis in north american bats. | candidatus bartonella mayotimonensis was detected in 2010 from an aortic valve sample of a patient with endocarditis from iowa, the united states of america. the environmental source of the potentially new endocarditis-causing bartonella remained elusive. we set out to study the prevalence and diversity of bat-associated bartonella in north america. during 2015, mist nets and harp traps were used to capture 92 bats belonging to two species: little brown myotis (myotis lucifugus le conte 1831, n ... | 2017 | 28165925 |