Comparing Survival of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Infection among Stocks of U.S. Honey Bees
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Honey Bee Stocks
2.2. Experimental Treatment, Survival Analysis, and Sampling
2.3. RNA Extraction and cDNA Synthesis
2.4. Quantification of Viruses
2.5. Quantification of Immune Genes
3. Results
3.1. Virus Survey of Stocks
3.2. Variation in IAPV-Inoculated Worker Survival among Honey Bee Colonies and Stocks
3.3. Correlation of IAPV-Inoculated Worker Survival with Immune Gene Expression
3.4. Relation of IAPV-Inoculated Worker Survival to Virus Titers
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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CAH | MHY | POL | RUS | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ITC | 0.91 ± 0.15 p = 0.518 | 1.14 ± 0.31 p = 0.681 | 0.87 ± 0.17 p = 0.416 | 0.64 ± 0.14 p = 0.002 |
CAH | 1.25 ± 0.30 p = 0.459 | 0.61 ± 0.17 p = 0.004 | 0.71 ± 0.12 p = 0.004 | |
MHY | 0.49 ± 0.32 p = 0.026 | 0.56 ± 0.30 p = 0.057 | ||
POL | 1.62 ± 0.20 p = 0.015 |
ITC | CAH | MHY | POL | |
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RUS | 1.77 ± 0.14 p < 0.001 | 0.99 ± 0.12 p = 0.945 | 2.29 ± 0.30 p = 0.006 | 0.61 ± 0.17 p = 0.004 |
POL | 1.40 ± 0.22 p = 0.119 | 0.78 ± 0.20 p = 0.233 | 1.81 ± 0.34 p = 0.081 | |
MHY | 0.77 ± 0.31 p = 0.409 | 0.43 ± 0.30 p = 0.006 | ||
CAH | 1.79 ± 0.15 p < 0.001 |
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Bhatia, S.; Baral, S.S.; Vega Melendez, C.; Amiri, E.; Rueppell, O. Comparing Survival of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Infection among Stocks of U.S. Honey Bees. Insects 2021, 12, 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12010060
Bhatia S, Baral SS, Vega Melendez C, Amiri E, Rueppell O. Comparing Survival of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Infection among Stocks of U.S. Honey Bees. Insects. 2021; 12(1):60. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12010060
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