TY - JOUR AU - Langwig, Kate AU - Feng, Jiang AU - Parise, Katy AU - Kath, Joe AU - Kirk, Dan AU - Frick, Winifred AU - Foster, Jeffrey AU - Kilpatrick, A. Marm T1 - Invasion Dynamics of White-Nose Syndrome Fungus, Midwestern United States, 2012–2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 6 SP - 1023 SN - 1080-6059 AB - White-nose syndrome has devastated bat populations in eastern North America. In Midwestern United States, prevalence increased quickly in the first year of invasion (2012–13) but with low population declines. In the second year (2013–14), environmental contamination led to earlier infection and high population declines. Interventions must be implemented before or soon after fungal invasion to prevent population collapse. KW - emerging infectious disease KW - fungal disease KW - invasive species KW - Myotis lucifugus KW - disease invasion KW - environmental reservoir KW - fungi KW - bats KW - midwestern United States KW - white-nose syndrome KW - Pseudogymnoascus destructans KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2106.150123 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/6/15-0123_article ER - End of Reference