Genetic evidence for coinfection of honey bees by acute bee paralysis and Kashmir bee viruses.
Nucleotide sequence analyses were used to identify acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV) and Kashmir bee virus (KBV) isolated from a single honey bee colony. Most of the bees in this colony carried KBV. Some individual bees also carried ABPV, a coexistence not yet seen between these two viruses. Implications of coinfection on viral efficacy are discussed, along with a restriction enzyme assay that can be used to discriminate between these two widespread viruses.
Evans
J D
JD
Bee Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA. evansj@ba.ars.usda.gov
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001516:Bees / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010243:Paralysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D010849:Picornaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D012367:RNA, Viral
D012367:RNA, Viral