Discovery of Lake Sinai virus and an unusual strain of acute bee paralysis virus in West African apiaries
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- Felicien Amakpe, Lina De Smet (UGent) , Marleen Brunain (UGent) , Jorgen Ravoet (UGent) , Franciscus Jacobs (UGent) , Wim Reybroeck, Brice Sinsin and Dirk de Graaf (UGent)
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- Samples of bees and honey from 101 apiaries were collected in the West African Republic of Benin. Visual inspection revealed high Varroa destructor and Aethina tumida infestations and low Oplostomus fuligineus infestations. A pathogen screen based on bacterial/fungal cultures ormicroscopic examinations revealed the absence of American and European foulbrood, chalkbrood disease, acariosis and nosemosis. However, 13 bee samples (15.47 %) were found to be infected by viruses as determined by PCR-based techniques. Acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV; 8.33 %) and Black queen cell virus (4.76 %) were the most common. From the former we found a strain with an unusual molecular signature of the capsid region, which was taxonomically positioned between ABPV and Israeli acute paralysis virus. We also discovered Lake Sinai virus (LSV; 3.57 %) for the first time in Africa. Eight honey samples collected in regions where cotton was cultivated were subjected to multi-residue and quality control analyses.
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- pesticide residue, viruses, parasites, diseases, honey bees, HONEY-BEES, PATHOGENS, PREVALENCE, POPULATIONS
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-7223977
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- Amakpe, Felicien, et al. “Discovery of Lake Sinai Virus and an Unusual Strain of Acute Bee Paralysis Virus in West African Apiaries.” APIDOLOGIE, vol. 47, no. 1, 2016, pp. 35–47, doi:10.1007/s13592-015-0372-z.
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- Amakpe, F., De Smet, L., Brunain, M., Ravoet, J., Jacobs, F., Reybroeck, W., … de Graaf, D. (2016). Discovery of Lake Sinai virus and an unusual strain of acute bee paralysis virus in West African apiaries. APIDOLOGIE, 47(1), 35–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-015-0372-z
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- Amakpe, Felicien, Lina De Smet, Marleen Brunain, Jorgen Ravoet, Franciscus Jacobs, Wim Reybroeck, Brice Sinsin, and Dirk de Graaf. 2016. “Discovery of Lake Sinai Virus and an Unusual Strain of Acute Bee Paralysis Virus in West African Apiaries.” APIDOLOGIE 47 (1): 35–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-015-0372-z.
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- Amakpe, Felicien, Lina De Smet, Marleen Brunain, Jorgen Ravoet, Franciscus Jacobs, Wim Reybroeck, Brice Sinsin, and Dirk de Graaf. 2016. “Discovery of Lake Sinai Virus and an Unusual Strain of Acute Bee Paralysis Virus in West African Apiaries.” APIDOLOGIE 47 (1): 35–47. doi:10.1007/s13592-015-0372-z.
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- 1.Amakpe F, De Smet L, Brunain M, Ravoet J, Jacobs F, Reybroeck W, et al. Discovery of Lake Sinai virus and an unusual strain of acute bee paralysis virus in West African apiaries. APIDOLOGIE. 2016;47(1):35–47.
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- [1]F. Amakpe et al., “Discovery of Lake Sinai virus and an unusual strain of acute bee paralysis virus in West African apiaries,” APIDOLOGIE, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 35–47, 2016.
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