Invasive ants carry novel viruses in their new range and form reservoirs for a honeybee pathogen

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Sébastien, Alexandra ^a   Lester, Philip J ^a   Hall, Richard J ^b   Wang, Jing ^b   Moore, Nicole E ^b   Gruber, Monica A M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Honeybee (APIS mellifera); Invasive ant; Pathogen; Spillover; Virus

Indexed keywords

ANT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HONEYBEE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; RESERVOIR; VIRUS;

ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTHROPODA; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INSECT VIRUS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOMICS; NEW ZEALAND; PICORNAVIRIDAE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; BEES; INSECT VIRUSES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METAGENOMICS; NEW ZEALAND; PICORNAVIRIDAE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84941585537     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0610     Document Type: Article

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