Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology (CECB), Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Science. 2010 Aug 6;329(5992):679-82. doi: 10.1126/science.1188594.
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emerging disease affecting hibernating bats in eastern North America that causes mass mortality and precipitous population declines in winter hibernacula. First discovered in 2006 in New York State, WNS is spreading rapidly across eastern North America and currently affects seven species. Mortality associated with WNS is causing a regional population collapse and is predicted to lead to regional extinction of the little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus), previously one of the most common bat species in North America. Novel diseases can have serious impacts on naïve wildlife populations, which in turn can have substantial impacts on ecosystem integrity.
白鼻综合征（WNS）是一种影响北美东部冬眠蝙蝠的新兴疾病，导致冬季冬眠地大量蝙蝠死亡和种群数量急剧下降。WNS 于 2006 年首次在纽约州发现，目前正在迅速蔓延至整个北美东部，目前已影响到七种蝙蝠。与 WNS 相关的死亡率正在导致区域性种群崩溃，并预计将导致原本在北美的最常见蝙蝠物种之一的小褐蝠（Myotis lucifugus）区域性灭绝。新型疾病可能对原始野生动物种群产生严重影响，而这反过来又会对生态系统的完整性产生重大影响。
