Urbanization increases pathogen pressure on feral and managed honey bees

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Youngsteadt, Elsa ^a   Appler, R Holden ^a   López Uribe, Margarita M ^a   Tarpy, David R ^a   Frank, Steven D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABA GENE; ARTICLE; DEF GENE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FERAL ANIMAL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; HYM GENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE; PATHOGEN LOAD; PPO GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; URBANIZATION; ANIMAL; BACTEREMIA; BEE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BEES; BIOMARKERS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PARASITEMIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBANIZATION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84950970456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142031     Document Type: Article

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