Negative correlation between Nosema ceranae spore loads and deformed wing virus infection levels in adult honey bee workers

Cecilia Costa; Gina Tanner; Marco Lodesani; Lara Maistrello; Peter Neumann

doi:10.1016/j.jip.2011.08.012

Negative correlation between Nosema ceranae spore loads and deformed wing virus infection levels in adult honey bee workers

J Invertebr Pathol. 2011 Nov;108(3):224-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.08.012. Epub 2011 Sep 10.

Authors

Cecilia Costa¹, Gina Tanner, Marco Lodesani, Lara Maistrello, Peter Neumann

Affiliation

¹ Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Unità di Ricerca di Apicoltura e Bachicoltura, via di Saliceto 80, 40128 Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 21939664
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.08.012

Abstract

Interactions between pathogens might contribute to honey bee colony losses. Here we investigated if there is an association between the microsporidian Nosema ceranae and the deformed wing virus (DWV) in different body sections of individual honey bee workers (Apis mellifera ligustica) under exclusion of the vector Varroa destructor. Our data provide correlational evidence for antagonistic interactions between the two pathogens in the midgut of the bees.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Viral
Beekeeping
Bees* / parasitology
Bees* / virology
Host-Parasite Interactions
Insect Viruses / isolation & purification
Insect Viruses / pathogenicity*
Microsporidiosis / pathology
Microsporidiosis / veterinary*
Microsporidiosis / virology
Nosema / isolation & purification
Nosema / pathogenicity*
RNA Virus Infections / veterinary*
Spores, Fungal / isolation & purification*
Wings, Animal / abnormalities*
Wings, Animal / virology

Substances

Antibodies, Viral