Honey bee and bumblebee trypanosomatids: Specificity and potential for transmission

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 616-622

  Ruiz González, Mario X ^a   Brown, Mark J F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bombus terrestris; Crithidia bombi; Crithidia mellificae; Multihost parasites; Population dynamics; Transmission; Trypanosomes

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; HONEYBEE; HOST SPECIFICITY; INFECTIVITY; MORTALITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33845595630     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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