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Deformed wing virus can be transmitted during natural mating in honey bees and infect the queens

Deformed wing virus is an important contributor to honey bee colony losses. Frequently queen failure is reported as a cause for colony loss. Here we examine whether sexual transmission during multiple matings of queens is a possible way of virus infection in queens. In an environment with high preva...

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Autores principales: Amiri, Esmaeil, Meixner, Marina D., Kryger, Per
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5016801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27608961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep33065