A diverse viral community from predatory wasps in their native and invaded range, with a new virus infectious to honey bees

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A diverse viral community from predatory wasps in their native and invaded range, with a new virus infectious to honey bees

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Wasps of the genus Vespula are social insects that have become major pests and predators in their introduced range. Viruses present in these wasps have been studied in the context of spillover from honey bees, yet we lack an understanding of the endogenous virome of wasps as potential reservoirs of novel emerging infectious diseases. We describe the characterization of 68 novel and nine previously identified virus sequences found in transcriptomes of Vespula vulgaris in colonies sampled from ...

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Date created

2021

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EJ Remnant / James Baty / Mariana Bulgarella / Jana Dobelmann / O Quinn / MAM Gruber / Philip Lester

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https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/A_diverse_viral_community_from_predatory_wasps...

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Microbiology not elsewhere classified / multi-host pathogen / spillover / wasp virus / honey bee virus / virus discovery / Biodefense / Infectious Diseases / Prevention / Emerging Infectious Diseases / Vaccine Related / .2 Factors relating to the physical environment / Infection / Microbiology

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