Ecology and impacts of white-nose syndrome on bats

JR Hoyt, AM Kilpatrick, KE Langwig - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
The recent introduction of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (the fungal pathogen that causes
white-nose syndrome in bats) from Eurasia to North America has resulted in the collapse of …

Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats

KJ Olival, PM Cryan, BR Amman, RS Baric… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the substantial public health, economic, and societal
consequences of virus spillover from a wildlife reservoir. Widespread human transmission of …

[HTML][HTML] Aging, social distancing, and COVID-19 risk: Who is more vulnerable and why?

J Faraji, GAS Metz - Aging and disease, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Perceived social support represents an important predictor of healthy aging. The global
COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the face of social relationships and revealed …

Sustaining Transmission in Different Host Species: The Emblematic Case of Sarcoptes scabiei

E Browne, MM Driessen, PC Cross, LE Escobar… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Some pathogens sustain transmission in multiple different host species, but how this
epidemiologically important feat is achieved remains enigmatic. Sarcoptes scabiei is among …

Continued preference for suboptimal habitat reduces bat survival with white-nose syndrome

SR Hopkins, JR Hoyt, JP White, HM Kaarakka… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Habitat alteration can influence suitability, creating ecological traps where habitat
preference and fitness are mismatched. Despite their importance, ecological traps are …

Host, environment, and anthropogenic factors drive landscape dynamics of an environmentally transmitted pathogen: Sarcoptic mange in the bare‐nosed wombat

EM Ringwaldt, BW Brook, JC Buettel… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the spatial dynamics and drivers of wildlife pathogens is constrained by
sampling logistics, with implications for advancing the field of landscape epidemiology and …

A Palearctic view of a bat fungal disease

F Whiting‐Fawcett, AS Blomberg, T Troitsky… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The fungal infection causing white‐nose disease in hibernating bats in North America has
resulted in dramatic population declines of affected species, since the introduction of the …

Persist or perish: Can bats threatened with extinction persist and recover from white-nose syndrome?

TL Cheng, AB Bennett, M Teague O'Mara… - Integrative and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Emerging mycoses are an increasing concern in wildlife and human health. Given the
historical rarity of fungal pathogens in warm-bodied vertebrates, there is a need to better …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental suitability of bare-nosed wombat burrows for Sarcoptes scabiei

E Browne, MM Driessen, R Ross, M Roach… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Some of the most important pathogens affecting wildlife are transmitted indirectly via the
environment. Yet the environmental stages of pathogens are often poorly understood …

Density independent decline from an environmentally transmitted parasite

S Carver, ZM Lewin, LG Burgess… - Biology …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Invasive environmentally transmitted parasites have the potential to cause declines in host
populations independent of host density, but this is rarely characterized in naturally …