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Moku virus detection in honey bees, Belgium, 2018
Author(s) -
Garigliany Mutien,
El Agrebi Noëmie,
Franssen Mathieu,
Hautier Louis,
Saegerman Claude
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transboundary and emerging diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.392
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1865-1682
pISSN - 1865-1674
DOI - 10.1111/tbed.13055
Subject(s) - honey bees , deformed wing virus , biology , honey bee , virus , zoology , virology , ecology , varroa destructor
We report the detection of Moku virus in honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) collected in 2017 from hives with a history of attacks by invasive Asian hornets ( Vespa velutina nigrithorax ) in Belgium. End 2016, Moku virus was reported in Asian hornets from the same area. In addition, the Moku virus was already present in historical samples of bees collected in 2013, that is, 2 years after the official first detection of Asian hornets in the same area of Belgium. This study suggests a spread of Moku virus to honey bees with possible consequences.