A novel strain of sacbrood virus of interest to world apiculture

J Invertebr Pathol. 2014 May:118:71-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.03.001. Epub 2014 Mar 17.

Abstract

This study has characterised a novel serotype of Sacbrood virus (SBV) infecting Apis mellifera in New Guinea that has emerged in the presence of the introduced European and Asian serotypes, which infect A. mellifera and Apis cerana, respectively. The New Guinea serotype appears to have evolved through mutation of the European serotype with no evidence of recombination between known strains, although recombination was detected in other SBV isolates from Asia. SBV was also confirmed for the first time causing disease in Apis dorsata (giant Asian honeybee) in Indonesia and found to be infected by the Asian serotype.

Keywords: Apis cerana; Apis dorsata; Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Recombination; Serotype.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Bees / virology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • New Guinea
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA Viruses / genetics*
  • RNA, Viral / analysis*
  • Serogroup

Substances

  • RNA, Viral