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dc.contributor.authorWoodford, Luke
dc.contributor.authorChristie, Craig R
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Ewan M
dc.contributor.authorBudge, Giles E
dc.contributor.authorBowman, Alan
dc.contributor.authorEvans, David John
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-22T11:30:05Z
dc.date.available2022-07-22T11:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-22
dc.identifier280547214
dc.identifier5b352262-3fae-4f91-88d8-948b86df3d37
dc.identifier85135102090
dc.identifier000845178700001
dc.identifier.citationWoodford , L , Christie , C R , Campbell , E M , Budge , G E , Bowman , A & Evans , D J 2022 , ' Quantitative and qualitative changes in the Deformed wing virus population in honey bees associated with the introduction or removal of Varroa destructor ' , Viruses , vol. 14 , no. 8 , 1597 . https://doi.org/10.3390/v14081597en
dc.identifier.issn1999-4915
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-1315-4258/work/116274904
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-2530-2120/work/116274993
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/25695
dc.descriptionFunding: This research was funded by the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council), grant number: BB/M010996/1 and BB/S008705/1 (http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk ). C.R.C. was part-supported by a KTN BBSRC CASE studentship BB/M503526/1. EMC was supported from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 613960 (SMARTBEES - (http://www.smartbees-fp7.eu).en
dc.description.abstractVarroa destructor is an ectoparasitic mite associated with significant losses of honeybee colonies globally. The mite vectors a range of pathogenic viruses, the most important of which is the Deformed wing virus (DWV). In the absence of Varroa, DWV exists as a low-level, highly diverse virus population. However, when transmitted by Varroa, certain variants become highly elevated, and may become near-clonal and cause symptomatic infections. Mite transmission between colonies can occur when parasitised workers drift from or rob adjacent hives. These activities can result in elevated mite levels, but the resulting change in the DWV population, the primary determinant of winter colony losses, has not been determined. In reciprocal studies, we investigated the influence of the removal of mites, or their acquisition, on the DWV population. When mites were removed from heavily infested colonies, there was a striking and rapid reduction in virus load. Conversely, siting Varroa-naïve colonies in a mite-infested apiary resulted in the acquisition of mites and concomitant changes in the virus population. We observed both near-clonal and highly divergent virus populations regardless of titre, suggesting changes were stochastic and colony-specific. Our findings have implications for the outcome of strategies in areas with total or patchy implementation of Varroa control plans.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofVirusesen
dc.subjectHoney beeen
dc.subjectDeformed wing virusen
dc.subjectVarroa destructoren
dc.subjectMiticideen
dc.subjectVirus diversityen
dc.subjectColony managementen
dc.subjectSequencingen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectQR355 Virologyen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.subject.lccQR355en
dc.titleQuantitative and qualitative changes in the Deformed wing virus population in honey bees associated with the introduction or removal of Varroa destructoren
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Biomedical Sciences Research Complexen
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/v14081597
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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