title: Genetic evidence for coinfection of honey bees by acute bee paralysis and Kashmir bee viruses.
abstract: 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.
authors: Bee Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA. evansj@ba.ars.usda.gov
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Evans
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral