Synergistic parasite-pathogen interactions mediated by host immunity can drive the collapse of honeybee colonies

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Nazzi, Francesco ^a   Brown, Sam P ^b   Annoscia, Desiderato ^a   Del Piccolo, Fabio ^a   Di Prisco, Gennaro ^c   Varricchio, Paola ^c   Vedova, Giorgio Della ^a   Cattonaro, Federica ^d   Caprio, Emilio ^c   Pennacchio, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Istituto di Genomica Applicata   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COLONY COLLAPSE; CROP PRODUCTION; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; HONEYBEE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; RNA VIRUS; VARROA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BEE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT VIRUS; MITE INFESTATION; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; VARROIDAE;

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

ANIMALS; BEES; COINFECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VIRUSES; MITE INFESTATIONS; NF-KAPPA B; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA VIRUSES; VARROIDAE;

EID: 84864055339     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002735     Document Type: Article

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