RNA viruses in hymenopteran pollinators: Evidence of inter-taxa virus transmission via pollen and potential impact on non-Apis hymenopteran species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Singh, Rajwinder ^a   Levitt, Abby L ^a   Rajotte, Edwin G ^a   Holmes, Edward C ^a   Ostiguy, Nancy ^a   Vanengelsdorp, Dennis ^a   Lipkin, W Ian ^b   Depamphilis, Claude W ^a   Toth, Amy L ^a,c   Cox Foster, Diana L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; COLONY COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICISTROVIRIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FORAGER; GREENHOUSE; HONEY; HONEYBEE; HOST RANGE; HYMENOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PICORNAVIRUS; POLLEN; POLLINATOR; QUEEN (INSECT); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASP; ANIMAL; BEE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INSECT VIRUS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOCRITA; APOIDEA; BLACK QUEEN CELL VIRUS; BOMBUS (GENUS); DEFORMED WING VIRUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICORNA; RNA VIRUSES; SACBROOD VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLONY COLLAPSE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT VIRUSES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 78650985060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014357     Document Type: Article

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