Presence of white-nose syndrome in bats from Southern Mexico.

ABSTRACT: White-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, is increasingly causing high mortality in North American vespertilionid bats. This fungus has become widely established, appearing in bat populations from Asia, Europe and North America, including in the state of Texas, U.S., creating a high potential for dispersal into neighboring Mexico. In this study, we collected samples from 11 captured individuals and 15 carcasses of Myotis velifer, Dermanura azteca, Pteronotus parnellii, Desmodus rotundus, Balantiopteryx plicata and Anoura geoffroyi species of bat that were living in a cave in southern Mexico. Using morphological and molecular techniques, we found P. destructans in vespertilionid and emballonurid bats, including 9 individuals of M. velifer (8) and P. parne

SUBMITTER: Medina-Cruz GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12088370 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature