Honey Bee Viruses in Wild Bees: Viral Prevalence, Loads, and Experimental Inoculation.

Evidence of inter-species pathogen transmission from managed to wild bees has sparked concern that emerging diseases could be causing or exacerbating wild bee declines. While some pathogens, like RNA viruses, have been found in pollen and wild bees, the threat these viruses pose to wild bees is larg...

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Main Authors: Adam G Dolezal, Stephen D Hendrix, Nicole A Scavo, Jimena Carrillo-Tripp, Mary A Harris, M Joseph Wheelock, Matthew E O'Neal, Amy L Toth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5104440?pdf=render