Moku Virus in Invasive Asian Hornets, Belgium, 2016

We report the detection of Moku virus in invasive Asian hornets (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) in Belgium. This constitutes an unexpected report of this iflavirus outside Hawaii, USA, where it was recently described in social wasps. Although virulence of Moku virus is unknown, its potential spread rai...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Garigliany, Mutien, Taminiau, Bernard, El Agrebi, Noëmie, Cadar, Daniel, Gilliaux, Gautier, Hue, Marie, Desmecht, Daniel, Daube, Georges, Linden, Annick, Farnir, Frédéric, De Proft, Michel, Saegerman, Claude
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148384
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.171080
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Sumario:We report the detection of Moku virus in invasive Asian hornets (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) in Belgium. This constitutes an unexpected report of this iflavirus outside Hawaii, USA, where it was recently described in social wasps. Although virulence of Moku virus is unknown, its potential spread raises concern for European honeybee populations.

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