Deformed Wing Virus in Two Widespread Invasive Ants: Geographical Distribution, Prevalence, and Phylogeny
Spillover of honey bee viruses have posed a significant threat to pollination services, triggering substantial effort in determining the host range of the viruses as an attempt to understand the transmission dynamics. Previous studies have reported infection of honey bee viruses in ants, raising the...
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doaj-fb475960637a44de966d38985a21d2c92020-11-25T04:06:16ZengMDPI AGViruses1999-49152020-11-01121309130910.3390/v12111309Deformed Wing Virus in Two Widespread Invasive Ants: Geographical Distribution, Prevalence, and PhylogenyChun-Yi Lin0Chih-Chi Lee1Yu-Shin Nai2Hung-Wei Hsu3Chow-Yang Lee4Kazuki Tsuji5Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang6Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto 611-0011, JapanResearch Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto 611-0011, JapanDepartment of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402204, TaiwanResearch Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto 611-0011, JapanDepartment of Entomology, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USADepartment of Subtropical Agro-Environmental Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, JapanDepartment of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402204, TaiwanSpillover of honey bee viruses have posed a significant threat to pollination services, triggering substantial effort in determining the host range of the viruses as an attempt to understand the transmission dynamics. Previous studies have reported infection of honey bee viruses in ants, raising the concern of ants serving as a reservoir host. Most of these studies, however, are restricted to a single, local ant population. We assessed the status (geographical distribution/prevalence/viral replication) and phylogenetic relationships of honey bee viruses in ants across the Asia–Pacific region, using deformed wing virus (DWV) and two widespread invasive ants, <i>Paratrechina longicornis</i> and <i>Anoplolepis gracilipes</i>, as the study system. DWV was detected in both ant species, with differential geographical distribution patterns and prevenance levels between them. These metrics, however, are consistent across the geographical range of the same ant species. Active replication was only evident in <i>P</i>. <i>longicornis</i>. We also showed that ant-associated DWV is genetically similar to that isolated from Asian populations of honey bees, suggesting that local acquisition of DWV by the invasive ants may have been common at least in some of our sampled regions. Transmission efficiency of DWV to local arthropods mediated by ant, however, may vary across ant species.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/11/1309deformed wing virushoney beelonghorn crazy antvirus spilloveryellow crazy ant |
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Chun-Yi Lin Chih-Chi Lee Yu-Shin Nai Hung-Wei Hsu Chow-Yang Lee Kazuki Tsuji Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang Deformed Wing Virus in Two Widespread Invasive Ants: Geographical Distribution, Prevalence, and Phylogeny Viruses deformed wing virus honey bee longhorn crazy ant virus spillover yellow crazy ant |
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Chun-Yi Lin Chih-Chi Lee Yu-Shin Nai Hung-Wei Hsu Chow-Yang Lee Kazuki Tsuji Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang |
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Deformed Wing Virus in Two Widespread Invasive Ants: Geographical Distribution, Prevalence, and Phylogeny |
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Deformed Wing Virus in Two Widespread Invasive Ants: Geographical Distribution, Prevalence, and Phylogeny |
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Deformed Wing Virus in Two Widespread Invasive Ants: Geographical Distribution, Prevalence, and Phylogeny |
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Deformed Wing Virus in Two Widespread Invasive Ants: Geographical Distribution, Prevalence, and Phylogeny |
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Deformed Wing Virus in Two Widespread Invasive Ants: Geographical Distribution, Prevalence, and Phylogeny |
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deformed wing virus in two widespread invasive ants: geographical distribution, prevalence, and phylogeny |
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Spillover of honey bee viruses have posed a significant threat to pollination services, triggering substantial effort in determining the host range of the viruses as an attempt to understand the transmission dynamics. Previous studies have reported infection of honey bee viruses in ants, raising the concern of ants serving as a reservoir host. Most of these studies, however, are restricted to a single, local ant population. We assessed the status (geographical distribution/prevalence/viral replication) and phylogenetic relationships of honey bee viruses in ants across the Asia–Pacific region, using deformed wing virus (DWV) and two widespread invasive ants, <i>Paratrechina longicornis</i> and <i>Anoplolepis gracilipes</i>, as the study system. DWV was detected in both ant species, with differential geographical distribution patterns and prevenance levels between them. These metrics, however, are consistent across the geographical range of the same ant species. Active replication was only evident in <i>P</i>. <i>longicornis</i>. We also showed that ant-associated DWV is genetically similar to that isolated from Asian populations of honey bees, suggesting that local acquisition of DWV by the invasive ants may have been common at least in some of our sampled regions. Transmission efficiency of DWV to local arthropods mediated by ant, however, may vary across ant species. |
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deformed wing virus honey bee longhorn crazy ant virus spillover yellow crazy ant |
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