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![(a) Probability of host bat species being detected with Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) based on current sampling effort in North America and Eurasia, where Pd occurs, as a function of phylogenetic distance between species, based on the 65 species that have been tested to date (curved line, main effect predicted from logistic regressions with coefficients in millions of years [my]); (b) probability of host bat species developing white‐nose syndrome (WNS) as a function of phylogenetic distance between species; (c) phylogenetic relationship of species tested for Pd in Eurasia and North America (yellow, species from North America; purple, species from Eurasia; pink, species detected with Pd; gray, species negative for Pd; dark pink, species known to develop WNS; red, species with known populations declining from WNS); and (d) base 10 logarithm of mean Pd load (ng/mm) sampled from bat species (color gradient represents Pd load intensity).](publication/384931477/figure/fig2/AS:11431281339338613@1743497340599/a-Probability-of-host-bat-species-being-detected-with-Pseudogymnoascus-destructans-Pd.png)
(a) Probability of host bat species being detected with Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) based on current sampling effort in North America and Eurasia, where Pd occurs, as a function of phylogenetic distance between species, based on the 65 species that have been tested to date (curved line, main effect predicted from logistic regressions with coefficients in millions of years [my]); (b) probability of host bat species developing white‐nose syndrome (WNS) as a function of phylogenetic distance between species; (c) phylogenetic relationship of species tested for Pd in Eurasia and North America (yellow, species from North America; purple, species from Eurasia; pink, species detected with Pd; gray, species negative for Pd; dark pink, species known to develop WNS; red, species with known populations declining from WNS); and (d) base 10 logarithm of mean Pd load (ng/mm) sampled from bat species (color gradient represents Pd load intensity).
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White‐nose syndrome (WNS), a disease affecting hibernating bats, is caused by the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd). Since the initial introduction of Pd from Eurasia to the United States in 2006, WNS has killed millions of bats throughout the temperate parts of North America. There is concern that if Pd is accidentally introduced t...
