Moku Virus in Invasive Asian Hornets, Belgium, 2016

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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Main Authors: Mutien Garigliany, Bernard Taminiau, Noëmie El Agrebi, Daniel Cadar, Gautier Gilliaux, Marie Hue, Daniel Desmecht, Georges Daube, Annick Linden, Frédéric Farnir, Michel De Proft, Claude Saegerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Moku virus
invasive Asian hornets
Vespa velutina nigrithorax
Belgium
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/12/17-1080_article

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