White nose syndrome -- United States
The fungus that causes the devastating bat disease white-nose syndrome (WNS) is now present in 3 new counties: Greenville, Union and Lancaster. The National Wildlife Health Center recently confirmed that the fungus was present on bats in each of these counties. This doubles the previous number of counties known to have the fungus in South Carolina.
Previously known counties Oconee, Pickens and Richland not only harbor the fungus, but signs of WNS have also been seen in bats there. Jennifer
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2nmG92N
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