A mutualistic symbiosis between a parasitic mite and a pathogenic virus undermines honey bee immunity and Health

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3203-3208

  Di Prisco, Gennaro ^a   Annoscia, Desiderato ^b   Margiotta, Marina ^a   Ferrara, Rosalba ^a   Varricchio, Paola ^a   Zanni, Virginia ^b   Caprio, Emilio ^a   Nazzi, Francesco ^b   Pennacchio, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Deformed wing virus; Honeybee colony losses; Mutualistic symbiosis; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLONY COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; HONEYBEE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT GENETICS; METAMORPHOSIS; MITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; BEE; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; MITES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84962249591     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1523515113     Document Type: Article

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