Infectivity and virulence of Nosema ceranae and Nosema apis in commercially available North American honey bees

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-113

  Huang, Wei Fone ^a   Solter, Leellen ^a   Aronstein, Katherine ^b   Huang, Zachary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectivity; Nosema apis; Nosema ceranae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

ANIMAL; BEE; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NOSEMA; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; NORTH AMERICA; NOSEMA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84919923013     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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