Analysis of Archival Specimens Confirms White-Nose Syndrome in Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus) from New York, USA, in Spring 2007.

White-nose syndrome (WNS), an emerging fungal disease of North American bats, was first diagnosed in January 2008, although mortality and photodocumentation suggest the disease might have been present earlier. Using archived samples, we describe a definitive case of WNS in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) from New York, US, in spring 2007.

Babesia microti-like infections are prevalent in North American foxes.

Babesia microti-like organisms have recently been identified as a cause of hemolytic anemia and azotemia in European dogs. A genetically and morphologically similar B. microti-like parasite has been identified in two foxes from North America.