Horizontal transmission of deformed wing virus: Pathological consequences in adult bees (Apis mellifera) depend on the transmission route

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 370-377

  Möckel, Nadine ^a   Gisder, Sebastian ^a   Genersch, Elke ^a  

^a Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; HONEYBEE; INSECT DISEASE; INSECT VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARROA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BEES; PUPA; RNA VIRUSES; VIRULENCE;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 79251517091     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.025940-0     Document Type: Article

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