title: Negative correlation between Nosema ceranae spore loads and deformed wing virus infection levels in adult honey bee workers.
abstract: Interactions between pathogens might contribute to honey bee colony losses. Here we investigated if there is an association between the microsporidian Nosema ceranae and the deformed wing virus (DWV) in different body sections of individual honey bee workers (Apis mellifera ligustica) under exclusion of the vector Varroa destructor. Our data provide correlational evidence for antagonistic interactions between the two pathogens in the midgut of the bees.
authors.affiliation: Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Unità di Ricerca di Apicoltura e Bachicoltura, via di Saliceto 80, 40128 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lodesani
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maistrello
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neumann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D056630:Beekeeping; D001516:Bees / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007304:Insect Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D016818:Nosema / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D012327:RNA Virus Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral