The Iflaviruses Sacbrood virus and Deformed wing virus evoke different transcriptional responses in the honeybee which may facilitate their horizontal or vertical transmission

Sacbrood virus (SBV) and Deformed wing virus (DWV) are evolutionarily related positive-strand RNA viruses, members of the Iflavirus group. They both infect the honeybee Apis mellifera but have strikingly different levels of virulence when transmitted orally. Honeybee larvae orally infected with SBV...

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Main Authors: Eugene V. Ryabov, Jessica M. Fannon, Jonathan D. Moore, Graham R. Wood, David J. Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1591.pdf