Viruses Circulating in African Honey Bees in Uganda
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Date
2019
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Bee World
Abstract
Worldwide, honey bees are hosts of
more than 20 identified bee viruses
(de Miranda, Gauthier, Ribiere, & Chen,
2011); most of them are single stranded
RNA viruses belonging to order
Picornavirales which has five families, two
of which (Iflaviridae and Dicistroviridae)
contain the common bee viruses (De Smet
et al., 2012). Nine of these bee viruses on
the African continent are reviewed by
Pirk, Strauss, Yusuf, Démares, and Human
(2016). The Acute Bee Paralysis Virus
(ABPV), Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus
(IAPV) and Black Queen Cell Virus
(BQCV) were reported in South Africa
(Strauss et al., 2013). In Kenya, Muli et al.
(2014) detected ABPV, BQCV and
Deformed Wing Virus (DWV). In Benin,
Amakpe, De Smet, Brunain, and Ravoet
(2015) reported Lake Sinai Virus (LSV),
while Onyango et al. (2016) added to
Kenya’s bee viruses the Varroa Destructor
Virus-1 (VDV-1) and Kakugo Virus. Apis
melifera Filamentous Virus (AmFV) in
South Africa is reviewed by Allen and Ball
(1996). In Uganda, Kajobe et al. (2010a)
detected the BQCV and none of the
samples screened in their study tested
positive for Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus
(CBPV), Sac Brood Virus (SBV), ABPV,
DWV, IABP, nor Apis iridescent virus,
AIV. Studies of Chemurot (2017) show
presence of ABPV, SBV, DWV, LSV and
BQCV in bee colonies in eastern and
western agro-ecological zones (AEZs) of
Uganda.
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Keywords
Viruses, African Honey Bees, Uganda
Citation
Agnes S. Otim, Robert Kajobe, Patrick P’Odyek Abila, Patrice Kasangaki & Richard Echodu (2019): Viruses Circulating in African Honey Bees in Uganda, Bee World, DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2019.1698103