Detection of Deformed wing virus, a honey bee viral pathogen, in bumble bees (Bombus terrestris and Bombus pascuorum) with wing deformities

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-63

  Genersch, Elke ^a   Yue, Constanze ^a   Fries, Ingemar ^b   De Miranda, Joachim R ^c  

^a Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bumble bee; DWV; Honey bee

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FORELIMB; GENETICS; INSECT VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; INSECT VIRUSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; WING;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 29344458274     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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