MicrobiologybioRxiv
Deformed wing virus type A, a major honey bee pathogen, is vectored by the mite Varroa destructor in a non-propagative manner.
F. Posada-Florez, A. K. Childers, M. C. Heerman…·E. V. Ryabov
This study shows that Deformed wing virus type A is transmitted by Varroa mites without replication in the mites, as viral load decreases after passage and negative-strand RNA is only detected in mites exposed to high viral loads.
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-47447-3