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01-08-2017 | Original Article

The first comprehensive molecular detection of six honey bee viruses in Iran in 2015-2016

Authors: Mohammadreza Ghorani, Omid Madadgar, Arash Ghalyanchi Langeroudi, Mohammadreza Rezapanah, Sedigheh Nabian, Hesameddin Akbarein, Reza Kh Farahani, Hossein Maghsoudloo, Hamed Abdollahi, Mohammad Forsi

Published in: Archives of Virology | Issue 8/2017

Abstract

At least 18 viruses have been reported in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). However, severe diseases in honey bees are mainly caused by six viruses, and these are the most important in beekeeping. These viruses include: deformed wing virus (DWV), acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV), chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV), sacbrood virus (SBV), kashmir bee virus (KBV), and black queen cell virus (BQCV). In this study, we evaluated 89 Iranian honey bee apiaries (during the period 2015-2016) suffering from symptoms of depopulation, sudden collapse, paralysis, or dark coloring, by employing reverse transcription-PCR. Samples were collected from four regions (Mazandaran, Hormozgan, Kurdistan, and Khorasan Razavi) of Iran. Of the 89 apiaries examined, 16 (17.97%), three (3.37%), and three (3.37%) were infected by DWV, ABPV, and CBPV, respectively. The study results for the other viruses (SBV, KBV, and BQCV) were negative. The present study evaluated the presence of the six most important honey bee viruses in bee colonies with suspected infections, and identified remarkable differences in the distribution patterns of the viruses in different geographic regions of Iran.

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Title: The first comprehensive molecular detection of six honey bee viruses in Iran in 2015-2016
Authors: Mohammadreza Ghorani
Omid Madadgar
Arash Ghalyanchi Langeroudi
Mohammadreza Rezapanah
Sedigheh Nabian
Hesameddin Akbarein
Reza Kh Farahani
Hossein Maghsoudloo
Hamed Abdollahi
Mohammad Forsi
Publication date: 01-08-2017
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Archives of Virology / Issue 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0304-8608
Electronic ISSN: 1432-8798
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-017-3370-9

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