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ArticleScientific reports2019

Bacteriophage biodistribution and infectivity from honeybee to bee larvae using a T7 phage model.

Henrique G Ribeiro, Rossana Correia, Tiago Moreira, Diana Vilas Boas, Joana Azeredo, Ana Oliveira

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Henrique G RibeiroCEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO - Laboratório de Investigação em Biofilmes Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4670-0753
Rossana CorreiaI3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health Sciences, University of Porto, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal.
Tiago MoreiraBeePrado Unipessoal, Lda., Rua 1, no 32, Ramalha, 4730-475, Vila de Prado, Portugal.
Diana Vilas BoasCEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO - Laboratório de Investigação em Biofilmes Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Joana AzeredoCEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO - Laboratório de Investigação em Biofilmes Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Ana OliveiraCEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO - Laboratório de Investigação em Biofilmes Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal. anaoliveira@deb.uminho.pt.
University of Minho · PTUniversidade do Porto · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteriophages (phages) or viruses that specifically infect bacteria have widely been studied as biocontrol agents against animal and plant bacterial diseases. They offer many advantages compared to antibiotics. The American Foulbrood (AFB) is a bacterial disease affecting honeybee larvae caused by Paenibacillus larvae. Phages can be very significant in fighting it mostly due to European restrictions to the use of antibiotics in beekeeping. New phages able to control P. larvae in hives have already been reported with satisfactory results. However, the efficacy and feasibility of administering phages indirectly to larvae through their adult workers only by providing phages in bees' feeders has never been evaluated. This strategy is considered herein the most feasible as far as hive management is concerned. This in vivo study investigated the ability of a phage to reach larvae in an infective state after oral administration to honeybees. The screening (by direct PFU count) and quantification (by quantitative PCR) of the phage in bee organs and in larvae after ingestion allowed us to conclude that despite 10

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AnimalsBacteriophage T7BeesEscherichia coliFluorescent Antibody TechniqueLarvaPaenibacillus larvae

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