Comparative susceptibility of three Western honeybee taxa to the microsporidian parasite Nosema ceranae

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 188-194

  Fontbonne, Régis ^a,b   Garnery, Lionel ^c,d   Vidau, Cyril ^a,b   Aufauvre, Julie ^a,b   Texier, Catherine ^a,b   Tchamitchian, Sylvie ^e   Alaoui, Hicham El ^a,b   Brunet, Jean Luc ^e   Delbac, Frédéric ^a,b   Biron, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Coevolution; Nosema ceranae; Taxon; Virulence

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSPORIDIA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA CERANAE; NOSEMOSIS; ORGANISM COLONY; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGAR INTAKE; SURVIVAL TIME; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BEES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA;

EID: 84878228332     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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