Deformed wing virus associated with Tropilaelaps mercedesae infesting European honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-97

  Forsgren, Eva ^a   De Miranda, Joachim R ^a,b   Isaksson, Mats ^c   Wei, Shi ^d   Fries, Ingemar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Deformed wing virus; qRT PCR; Tropilaelaps mercedesae

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; HONEYBEE; MITE; POLYMORPHISM; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS; WING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PICORNAVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; BEES; EUROPE; GENES, VIRAL; MITES; PHYLOGENY; PICORNAVIRIDAE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ACARI; APIS; APIS DORSATA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; LAELAPIDAE; TROPILAELAPS; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 58149190025     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9204-4     Document Type: Article

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