Viruses in the Invasive Hornet Vespa velutina.

ABSTRACT: The Asian yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax, a major predator of honeybees, is spreading in Europe in part due to a lack of efficient control methods. In this study, as a first step to identify biological control agents, we characterized viral RNA sequences present in asymptomatic or symptomatic hornets. Among 19 detected viruses, the honey bee virus Deformed wing virus-B was predominant in all the samples, particularly in muscles from the symptomatic hornet, suggesting a putative cause of the deformed wing symptom. Interestingly, two new viruses closely related to Acyrthosiphon pisumvirus and Himetobi Pvirus and viruses typically associated with honey bees, Acute bee paralysis virus and Black queen cell virus, were dete

SUBMITTER: Dalmon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6893812 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature