| Literature DB >> 30448510 |
Loreley Castelli1, Belén Branchiccela1, Ciro Invernizzi2, Ivanna Tomasco2, Marina Basualdo3, Marta Rodriguez4, Pablo Zunino1, Karina Antúnez5.
Abstract
Trypanosomatids affecting honey bees, Crithidia mellificae and Lotmaria passim, have been poorly studied in South America. We therefore analyzed their presence in Africanized and European honeybees from Uruguay, Argentina and Chile collected between 1990 and 2011 and assessed their association with other bee parasites and pathogens. Crithidia mellificae was not detected while L. passim was wide-spread. This report shows that L. passim has been present in this region at least since 2007 and it infects both Africanized and European honey bees. L. passim infected colonies showed high V. destructor parasitization levels, suggesting an association between them.Entities:
Keywords: Africanized bees; Apis mellifera; Chritidia mellificae; Lotmaria passim; Varroa destructor
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Year: 2018 PMID： 30448510 DOI： 10.1016/j.jip.2018.11.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Invertebr Pathol ISSN： 0022-2011 Impact factor: 2.841