Epidemiology of a major honey bee pathogen, deformed wing virus: potential worldwide replacement of genotype A by genotype B

Epidemiology of a major honey bee pathogen, deformed wing virus: potential worldwide replacement of genotype A by genotype B

The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is of major economic and ecological importance, with elevated rates of colony losses in temperate regions over the last two decades thought to be largely caused by the exotic ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor and deformed wing virus (DWV), which the mite tra...

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Main Authors: Robert J. Paxton, Marc O. Schäfer, Francesco Nazzi, Virginia Zanni, Desiderato Annoscia, Fabio Marroni, Diane Bigot, Eoin R. Laws-Quinn, Delphine Panziera, Christina Jenkins, Hassan Shafiey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-08-01
Series:International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Subjects:
Apis mellifera
RNA
DWV
Iflaviridae
Evolution
Recombination
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224422000451

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