Nosema ceranae is a long-present and wide-spread microsporidian infection of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) in the United States

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-188

  Chen, Yanping ^a   Evans, Jay D ^a   Smith, I Bart ^a   Pettis, Jeffery S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Apis mellifera; Honey bee; Nosema apis; Nosema ceranae; Nosema disease; rRNA

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMALS; BEES; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; UNITED STATES;

APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 38349153257     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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