Nosema ceranae has infected Apis mellifera in Europe since at least 1998 and may be more virulent than Nosema apis

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 558-565

  Paxton, Robert J ^a   Klee, Julia ^a   Korpela, Seppo ^b   Fries, Ingemar ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disease; Emergent; Exotic; Microsporidia; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

BEE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; MORTALITY; PARASITE; VIRULENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

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

EID: 39549106871     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007037     Document Type: Article

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