Iridovirus and microsporidian linked to honey bee colony decline.

<h4>Background</h4>In 2010 Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), again devastated honey bee colonies in the USA, indicating that the problem is neither diminishing nor has it been resolved. Many CCD investigations, using sensitive genome-based methods, have found small RNA bee viruses and the...

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Main Authors: Jerry J Bromenshenk, Colin B Henderson, Charles H Wick, Michael F Stanford, Alan W Zulich, Rabih E Jabbour, Samir V Deshpande, Patrick E McCubbin, Robert A Seccomb, Phillip M Welch, Trevor Williams, David R Firth, Evan Skowronski, Margaret M Lehmann, Shan L Bilimoria, Joanna Gress, Kevin W Wanner, Robert A Cramer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20949138/pdf/?tool=EBI