A scientific note on the detection of honeybee viruses using real-time PCR (TaqMan) in Varroa mites collected from a Thai honeybee (Apis mellifera) apiary

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-73

  Chantawannakul, P ^a   Ward, L ^b   Boonham, N ^b   Brown, M ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bee viruses; Disease transmission; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MITE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE; THAILAND; VIROLOGY; VIRUSES;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 29344432371     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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