Prevalence and transmission of honeybee viruses

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 606-611

  Chen, Y P ^a,b   Pettis, J S ^a   Collins, A ^a   Feldlaufer, M F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; TISSUE;

HEAD TISSUE; HONEYBEE COLONIES; HONEYBEE VIRUSES; OVARIES;

VIRUSES;

DISEASE; FECES; HONEYBEE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS;

ACUTE BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLACK QUEEN CELL VIRUS; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; HEMOLYMPH; HONEYBEE; KASHMIR BEE VIRUS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACBROOD BEE VIRUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BEE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BLACK QUEEN CELL VIRUS; CHRONIC BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; KASHMIR BEE VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; BEES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FECES; INSECT VIRUSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 33644848892     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.606-611.2006     Document Type: Article

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