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Surveillance of Viruses in Varroa destructor Samples Collected from Honey Bee Colonies in Ontario, Canada, between 2015 and 2019 Cover

Surveillance of Viruses in Varroa destructor Samples Collected from Honey Bee Colonies in Ontario, Canada, between 2015 and 2019

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|Aug 2022

Figures & Tables

Viral copy numbers and number of positive honey bee samples and V_ destructor samples (n=50) base on qPCR

Accession number (NCBI)DescriptionNumber of honey bee positive samplesNumber of V. destructor positive samplesMean viral copy numbers (±SEM) in honey beesMean viral copy numbers (±SEM) in V. destructor
AY053371.1ABPV010Not detected2.41×109±0.0
MT482476.1BQCV1414.41×105±4.24×1056.15×106±0.0
MN114562.1CBPV101.39×101Not detected
MT096529.1DWV-A36386.79×109±5.49×1091.44×1010±5.57×109
MG599488.1IAPV115.71×1035.71×103
MT096516.1KBV111.80×1021.79×102
MT482477.1SBV771.89×105±1.74×1051.89×105±0.00

Taxon identification number (NCBI), description, number of positive V_ destructor samples (from a total of 50 samples tested), and average reads in the clade based on Kraken v2 outputs (confidence score of 0_65)

Taxon identification number (NCBI)DescriptionNumber of positive samplesAverage reads from positive samples (Kraken v2)
198112DWV-A1884.89±87.68
232800VDV-19444.44±0.00
2056384VDV-2136.96±0.81
2056385VDV-31216.92±0.00
1682186Bee macula virus10176.90±0.00
1100043Apis mellifera filamentous virus1309
92395BQCV13
92444ABPV332.67±0.00

Presence of viruses and viral levels (number of RNA sequences or transcripts) of 35 out of the 50 V_ destructor mites used in the study and analyzed with Kraken (Wood & Salzberg, 2014)

Sample IDYear of sampling198112 (DWV-A)232800 (VDV-1/DWV-B)2056384 (VDV-2)2056385 (VDV-3)1682186 (Bee Macula like virus)1100043 (Apis mellifera filamentous virus)92395 (BQCV)92444 (ABPV)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2022-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 209 - 215
Submitted on: Jan 26, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 13, 2022
Published on: Aug 18, 2022
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2022 Nuria Morfin, Paul Kozak, Lisa Ledger, Qiu You, Patricia Bell-Rogers, Jennifer Zechel, Aparna Krishnamurthy, Durda Slavic, Ernesto Guzman-Novoa, Hugh Y. Cai, published by Research Institute of Horticulture
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