Persistence of subclinical deformed wing virus infections in honeybees following Varroa mite removal and a bee population turnover.

Deformed wing virus (DWV) is a lethal virus of honeybees (Apis mellifera) implicated in elevated colony mortality rates worldwide and facilitated through vector transmission by the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor. Clinical, symptomatic DWV infections are almost exclusively associated with high...

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Main Authors: Barbara Locke, Emilia Semberg, Eva Forsgren, Joachim R de Miranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5501613?pdf=render