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JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
Volume 109, Issue 1, Pages 156-159Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.09.010
Keywords
Honey bees; Apis mellifera; Apis florea; Apis dorsata; Viruses; Host range
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- Chinese department of Agriculture, Apiculture Research and Service System [CARS-45-ksj14]
- USDA-CAP [2009-85118-05718]
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The host-range breadth of pathogens can have important consequences for pathogens' long term evolution and virulence, and play critical roles in the emergence and spread of the new diseases. Black queen cell virus (BQCV) and Deformed wing virus (DWV) are the two most common and prevalent viruses in European honey bees, Apis mellifera. Here we provide the evidence that BQCV and DWV infect wild species of honey bees, Apis florea and Apis dorsata. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that these viruses might have moved from A. mellifera to wild bee species and that genetic relatedness as well as the geographical proximity of host species likely play an important role in host range of the viruses. The information obtained from this present study can have important implication for understanding the population structure of bee virus as well as host-virus interactions. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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