Presence and prevalence of viruses in local and migratory honeybees (Apis mellifera) in Massachusetts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7862-7865

  Welch, Anna ^a   Drummond, Francis ^b   Tewari, Sunil ^a   Averill, Anne ^a   Burand, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; MASSACHUSETTS;

VIRUSES;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HONEYBEE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PATHOGEN; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; INSECT VIRUSES; MASSACHUSETTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BLACK QUEEN CELL VIRUS; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; SACBROOD VIRUS;

EID: 73249119402     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01319-09     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Aitkin, M., B. Francis, J. Hinde, and R. Darnell. 2008. Statistical modeling in R. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.
2. Allen, M., and B. Ball. 1996. The incidence and world distribution of honeybee viruses. Bee World 77:141-162.
3. Anderson, D. L. 1995. Viruses of Apis cerena and Apis mellifera, p. 161-170. In The Asiatic hive bee: apiculture, biology, and role in sustainable development in tropical and subtropical Asia. Enviroquest, Ltd., Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
4. Benjeddou, M., N. Leat, M. Allsopp, and S. Davison. 2001. Detection of acute bee paralysis virus and black queen cell virus from honeybees by reverse transcriptase PCR. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:2384-2387.
5. Berényi, O., T. Bakonyi, I. Derakhshifar, H. Koglberger, and N. Nowotny. 2006. Occurrence of six honeybee viruses in diseased Austrian apiaries. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:2414-2420.
6. Berényi, O., T. Bakonyi, I. Derakhshifar, H. Koglberger, G. Topolska, W. Ritter, H. Pechhacker, and N. Nowotny. 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of deformed wing virus genotypes from diverse geographic origins indicates recent global distribution of the virus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:3605-3611.
7. Bowen-Walker, P. L., S. J. Martin, and A. Gunn. 1999. The transmission of deformed wing virus between honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) by the ectoparasitic mite Varroa jacobsoni Oud. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 73:101-106.
8. Celle, O., P. Blanchard, V. Olivier, F. Schurr, N. Cougoule, J. Faucon, and M. Ribière. 2008. Detection of chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) genome and its replicative RNA form in various hosts and possible ways of spread. Virus Res. 133:280-284.
9. Chen, Y., Y. Zhao, J. Hammond, H. Hsu, J. Evans, and M. F. Feldlaufer. 2004. Multiple virus infections in the honeybee and genome divergence of honeybee viruses. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 87:84-93.
10. Chen, Y. P., and R. Siede. 2007. Honeybee viruses. Adv. Virus Res. 70:33-80.
11. Chen, Y. P., J. S. Pettis, A. Collins, and M. F. Feldlaufer. 2006. Prevalence and transmission of honeybee viruses. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:606-611.
12. Collett, D. 1991. Modeling binary data. Chapman and Hall, London, United Kingdom.
13. Cox-Foster, D. L., S. Conlan, E. C. Holmes, G. Palacios, J. D. Evans, N. A. Moran, P. L. Quan, T. Briese, M. Hornig, D. M. Geiser, V. Martinson, D. vanEngelsdorp, A. L. Kalkstein, A. Drysdale, J. Hui, J. Zhai, L. Cui, S. K. Hutchison, J. F. Simons, M. Egholm, J. S. Pettis, and W. I. Lipkin. 2007. A metagenomic survey of microbes in honeybee colony collapse disorder. Science 318:283-287.
14. Delaplane, K. S., and D. F. Mayer. 2000. Crop pollination by bees. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, United Kingdom.
15. Forgách, P., T. Bakonyi, Z. Tapaszti, N. Nowotny, and M. Rusvai. 2008. Prevalence of pathogenic bee viruses in Hungarian apiaries: situation before joining the European Union. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 98:235-238.
16. Genersch, E. 2005. Development of a rapid and sensitive RT-PCR method for the detection of deformed wing virus, a pathogen of the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Vet. J. 169:121-123.
17. Genersch, E., C. Yue, I. Fries, and J. R. de Miranda. 2006. Detection of deformed wing virus, a honeybee viral pathogen, in bumble bees (Bombus terrestris and Bombus pascuorum) with wing deformities. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 91:61-63.
18. Grabensteiner, E., T. Bakonyi, W. Ritter, H. Pechhacker, and N. Nowotny. 2007. Development of a multiplex RT-PCR for the simultaneous detection of three viruses of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.): acute bee paralysis virus, black queen cell virus and sacbrood virus. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 94:222-225.
19. Kukielka, D., A. M. Perez, M. Higes, M. D. C. Bulboa, and J. M. Sánchez-Vizcaíno. 2008. Analytical sensitivity and specificity of a RT-PCR for the diagnosis and characterization of the spatial distribution of three Apis mellifera viral diseases in Spain. Apid 39:607.
20. Maori, E., S. Lavi, R. Mozes-Koch, Y. Gantman, Y. Peretz, O. Edelbaum, E. Tanne, and I. Sela. 2007. Isolation and characterization of Israeli acute paralysis virus, a dicistrovirus affecting honeybees in Israel: evidence for diversity due to intra- and inter-species recombination. J. Gen. Virol. 88: 3428-3438.
21. Nielsen, S. L., M. Nicolaisen, and P. Kryger. 2008. Incidence of acute bee paralysis virus, black queen cell virus, chronic bee paralysis virus, deformed wing virus, Kashmir bee virus and sacbrood virus in honeybees (Apis mellifera) in Denmark. Apid 39:310.
22. Oldroyd, B. P. 2007. What's killing American honeybees? PLoS Biol. 5:e168.
23. Reference deleted.
24. Palacios, G., J. Hui, P. L. Quan, A. Kalkstein, K. S. Honkavuori, A. V. Bussetti, S. Conlan, J. Evans, Y. P. Chen, D. vanEngelsdorp, H. Efrat, J. Pettis, D. Cox-Foster, E. C. Holmes, T. Briese, and W. I. Lipkin. 2008. Genetic analysis of Israel acute paralysis virus: distinct clusters are circulating in the United States. J. Virol. 82:6209-6217.
25. Ribière, M., C. Triboulot, L. Mathieu, C. Aurières, J. P. Faucon, and M. Pépin. 2002. Molecular diagnosis of chronic bee paralysis virus infection. Apid 33:339-351.
26. Sanpa, S., and P. Chantawannakul. 2009. Survey of six bee viruses using RT-PCR in northern Thailand. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 100:116-119.
27. Surcica, A. December 2008. Migratory beekeeping - second thoughts. Penn State HortReport: pollinator series. Pennsylvania State University, Chambersburg, PA.
28. Stoltz, D., X. R. Shen, C. Boggis, and G. Sisson. 1995. Molecular diagnosis of Kashmir bee virus infection. J. Apic. Res. 34:153-160.
29. Teixeira, E. W., Y. Chen, D. Message, J. Pettis, and J. D. Evans. 2008. Virus infections in Brazilian honeybees. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 99:117-119.
30. Tentcheva, D., L. Gauthier, N. Zappulla, B. Dainat, F. Cousserans, M. E. Colin, and M. Bergoin. 2004. Prevalence and seasonal variations of six bee viruses in Apis mellifera L. and Varroa destructor mite populations in France. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:7185-7191.