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In vivo evolution of viral virulence: switching of deformed wing virus between hosts results in virulence changes and sequence shifts
19 Nov 2018
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Summary The health of the Western honey bee is threatened by a global epidemic of deformed wing virus (DWV) infections driven by the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor acting as mechanical and biological virus vector. Three different variants of DWV, DWV‐A, ‐B and ‐C exist. Virulence differences between these variants and their relation to V. destructor are still controversially discussed. We performed...
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