First detection of Nosema ceranae, a microsporidian parasite of European honey bees (Apis mellifera), in Canada and central USA

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-192

  Williams, Geoffrey R ^a   Shafer, Aaron B A ^a   Rogers, Richard E L ^b   Shutler, Dave ^a   Stewart, Donald T ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Wildwood Labs Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Emerging diseases; Haplotype; Invasive species; Microsporidia; Nosema apis; Nosema ceranae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEE; CANADA; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; PATHOGENICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEES; CANADA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 38349101321     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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