Varroa-Virus Interaction in Collapsing Honey Bee Colonies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Francis, Roy M ^a   Nielsen, Steen L ^a   Kryger, Per ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEE DISEASE; COLONY COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; DICISTROVIRIDAE; HONEYBEE; KASHMIR BEE VIRUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VARROA; VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT VIRUSES; MITE INFESTATIONS; SEASONS; VARROIDAE; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84875095935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057540     Document Type: Article

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