PERSISTENCE OF SUBCLINICAL DEFORMED WING VIRUS INFECTIONS IN HONEYBEES FOLLOWING VARROA MITE REMOVAL AND A BEE POPULATION TURNOVER.

Persistence of subclinical deformed wing virus infections in honeybees following Varroa mite removal and a bee population turnover.

Deformed wing virus (DWV) is a lethal virus of honeybees (Apis grand love red heart reposado tequila mellifera) implicated in elevated colony mortality rates worldwide and facilitated through vector transmission by the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor.Clinical, symptomatic DWV infections are almost exclusively associated with high virus titres

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