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SUBMITTER: Matthijs S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472724 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matthijs Severine S De Waele Valérie V Vandenberge Valerie V Verhoeven Bénédicte B Evers Jacqueline J Brunain Marleen M Saegerman Claude C De Winter Paul J J PJJ Roels Stefan S de Graaf Dirk C DC De Regge Nick N
Viruses 20200814 8
The health of honey bees is threatened by multiple factors, including viruses and parasites. We screened 557 honey bee (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) colonies from 155 beekeepers distributed all over Belgium to determine the prevalence of seven widespread viruses and two parasites (<i>Varroa</i> sp. and <i>Nosema</i> sp.). Deformed wing virus B (DWV-B), black queen cell virus (BQCV), and sacbrood virus (SBV) were highly prevalent and detected by real-time RT-PCR in more than 95% of the colonies. Acute ...[more]