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Evidence of Apis cerana Sacbrood virus Infection in Apis mellifera.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Apr 2016
Gong Hong-Ri, Chen Xiu-Xian, Chen Yan Ping, Hu Fu-Liang, Zhang Jiang-Lin, Lin Zhe-Guang, Yu Ji-Wei, Zheng Huo-Qing
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Sacbrood virus(SBV) is one of the most destructive viruses in the Asian honeybee Apis cerana but is much less destructive in Apis mellifera In previous studies, SBV isolates infecting A. cerana(AcSBV) and SBV isolates infecting A. mellifera(AmSBV) were identified as different serotypes, suggesting a species barrier in SBV infection. In order to investigate this species isolation, we examined the presence of SBV...
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