Pathogen persistence in migratory insects: High levels of vertically-transmitted virus infection in field populations of the African armyworm

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-160

  Vilaplana, Luisa ^a,c   Wilson, Kenneth ^b   Redman, Elizabeth M ^a,d   Cory, Jenny S ^a,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Covert infection; Epizootic; Latency; NPV; Persistence; Sublethal

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RNA;

TANZANIA;

HEXAPODA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA EXEMPTA;

EID: 75549085773     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9296-2     Document Type: Article

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