Comparative virulence of Nosema ceranae and Nosema apis in individual European honey bees

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 212-217

  Forsgren, Eva ^a   Fries, Ingemar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Mixed species infection; Nosema apis; Nosema ceranae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HONEYBEE; HOST RANGE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE; NOSEMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; BEES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NOSEMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 77953138713     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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