Evidence of the synergistic interaction of honey bee pathogens nosema ceranae and deformed wing virus

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Zheng, Huo Qing ^a,b   Gong, Hong Ri ^a   Huang, Shao Kang ^b,c   Sohr, Alex ^b   Hu, Fu Liang ^a   Chen, Yan Ping ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Deformed wing virus; Nosema ceranae; Pollen; Synergistic effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA CERANAE; NOSEMOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POLLEN; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA; PHYSIOLOGY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE;

ANIMALS; BEES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; NOSEMA; VIRUSES;

EID: 84926246442     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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