The effect of oral administration of dsRNA on viral replication and mortality in Bombus terrestris

Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3172-3185

  Piot, Niels ^a   Snoeck, Simon ^a   Vanlede, Maarten ^a   Smagghe, Guy ^a   Meeus, Ivan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; DsRNA; IAPV; Immune response; Virus

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; ISRAELI ACUTE PARALYSIS VIRUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; BEE; DRUG EFFECTS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA VIRUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL TROPISM; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE BEE PARALYSIS VIRUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; RNA VIRUSES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BEES; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84934956493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v7062765     Document Type: Article

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