Israeli acute paralysis virus: epidemiology, pathogenesis and implications for honey bee health.

Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) is a widespread RNA virus of honey bees that has been linked with colony losses. Here we describe the transmission, prevalence, and genetic traits of this virus, along with host transcriptional responses to infections. Further, we present RNAi-based strategies fo...

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Main Authors: Yan Ping Chen, Jeffery S Pettis, Miguel Corona, Wei Ping Chen, Cong Jun Li, Marla Spivak, P Kirk Visscher, Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Humberto Boncristiani, Yan Zhao, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Keith Delaplane, Leellen Solter, Francis Drummond, Matthew Kramer, W Ian Lipkin, Gustavo Palacios, Michele C Hamilton, Barton Smith, Shao Kang Huang, Huo Qing Zheng, Ji Lian Li, Xuan Zhang, Ai Fen Zhou, Li You Wu, Ji Zhong Zhou, Myeong-L Lee, Erica W Teixeira, Zhi Guo Li, Jay D Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4117608?pdf=render