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Low prevalence of honeybee viruses in Spain during 2006 and 2007.

Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay. Electronic address: .
Research in Veterinary Science (impact factor: 1.65). 04/2012; 93(3):1441-5. DOI:10.1016/j.rvsc.2012.03.006 pp.1441-5
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ABSTRACT RNA viruses that affect honeybees have been involved in colony losses reported around the world. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the prevalence and distribution of honeybee viruses during 2006-2007 in Spanish professional apiaries, and their association with colony losses. Four hundred and fifty-six samples from apiaries located in different geographic regions of Spain were analyzed. Thirty-seven percent of the samples had viral presence. Most (80%) had one virus and 20% two different viruses. All the analyzed viruses, Deformed Wing Virus (DWV), Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV), Black Queen Cell Virus (BQCV), Sacbrood Virus (SBV) and Kashmir Bee Virus (KBV) were detected, but detection rates were lower than expected. According to these results and considering the high prevalence of other honeybee pathogens in Spain, the role of viruses in colony losses in Spain may be discussed.

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Keywords

analyzed viruses
 
apiaries
 
Black Queen Cell Virus
 
colony losses
 
Deformed Wing Virus
 
detection rates
 
different geographic regions
 
DWV
 
honeybee viruses
 
Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus
 
Kashmir Bee Virus
 
KBV
 
present work
 
Sacbrood Virus
 
SBV
 
Spanish professional apiaries
 
viruses