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SUBMITTER: Bailes EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5830674 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bailes Emily J EJ Deutsch Kaitlin R KR Bagi Judit J Rondissone Lucila L Brown Mark J F MJF Lewis Owen T OT
Biology letters 20180201 2
Global declines of insect pollinators jeopardize the delivery of pollination services in both agricultural and natural ecosystems. The importance of infectious diseases has been documented in honeybees, but there is little information on the extent to which these diseases are shared with other pollinator orders. Here, we establish for the first time the presence of three important bee viruses in hoverfly pollinators (Diptera: Syrphidae): black queen cell virus (BQCV), sacbrood virus (SBV) and de ...[more]