ArticleThe ISME journal2016
Diversity in a honey bee pathogen: first report of a third master variant of the Deformed Wing Virus quasispecies.
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- Meta-analysis of honey bee neurogenomic response links Deformed wing virus type A to precocious behavioral maturation.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- From Pollen to Pathogen Defense: How Pollen Chemical Quality Impacts Deformed Wing Virus Infection and Survival in Honey Bees.Viruses · 2026Review
- Differential expression of neuronal function genes follows a tissue-specific temporal dynamic during Deformed Wing Virus infection in honeybees.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Opposite seasonal and spatial dynamics of DWV-A and DWV-B suggest distinct transmission pathways in managed honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) colonies.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Bumble Bees and Honey Bees on Islands Harbour Reduced Viral Species Richness, Yet Honey Bee Populations Are Dominated by a Deformed Wing Virus Recombinant.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
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- Mechanical transfer of honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) virus sequences to wax by worker traffic and aerosolization.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2025Article
- The intensity of the transcriptional response varies across infection with distinct viral strains in an insect host.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- Genotype B of deformed wing virus and related recombinant viruses become dominant in European honey bee colonies.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Role of Pathogens in Bumblebee Decline: A Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Molecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of Honeybee (Microorganisms · 2024Article
- Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Relationships of Honey Bee-Associated Viruses in Bee Products.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Varroa destructor shapes the unique viral landscapes of the honey bee populations of the Azores archipelago.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
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- Caught in the act: the invasion of a viral vector changes viral prevalence and titre in native honeybees and bumblebees.Biology letters · 2024Article
- Origins, diversity, and adaptive evolution of DWV in the honey bees of the Azores: the impact of the invasive miteVirus evolution · 2024Article
- Virus replication in the honey bee parasite,Journal of virology · 2023Article
- A preliminary survey reveals that common viruses are found at low titers in a wild population of honey bees (Apis mellifera).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2023Article
- Signatures of adaptive decreased virulence of deformed wing virus in an isolated population of wild honeybees (Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Treatment of emerging RNA viruses is hampered by the high mutation and replication rates that enable these viruses to operate as a quasispecies. Declining honey bee populations have been attributed to the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor and its affiliation with Deformed Wing Virus (DWV). In the current study we use next-generation sequencing to investigate the DWV quasispecies in an apiary known to suffer from overwintering colony losses. We show that the DWV species complex is made up of three master variants. Our results indicate that a new DWV Type C variant is distinct from the previously described types A and B, but together they form a distinct clade compared with other members of the Iflaviridae. The molecular clock estimation predicts that Type C diverged from the other variants ∼319 years ago. The discovery of a new master variant of DWV has important implications for the positive identification of the true pathogen within global honey bee populations.
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