Belgium; Moku virus; Vespa velutina nigrithorax; invasive Asian hornets; viruses
Abstract :
[en] We report the detection of Moku virus in invasive Asian hornets (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) in Belgium. This constitutes an unexpected report of this iflavirus outside Hawaii, USA, where it was recently described in social wasps. Although virulence of Moku virus is unknown, its potential spread raises concern for European honeybee populations.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Garigliany, Mutien-Marie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de morphologie et pathologie (DMP) > Pathologie générale et autopsies
Taminiau, Bernard ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires (DDA) > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires
El Agrebi, Noémie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires (DMI) > Epidémiologie et analyse des risques appl. aux sc. vétér.
Cadar, Daniel
Gilliaux, Gautier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de morphologie et pathologie (DMP) > Département de morphologie et pathologie (DMP)
Hue, Marie
Desmecht, Daniel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de morphologie et pathologie (DMP) > Pathologie spéciale et autopsies
Daube, Georges ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires (DDA) > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires
Linden, Annick ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires (DMI) > Santé et pathologies de la faune sauvage
Farnir, Frédéric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Biostatistiques et bioinformatique appliquées aux sc. vétér.
De Proft, Michel
Saegerman, Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires (DMI) > Epidémiologie et analyse des risques appl. aux sc. vétér.
Language :
English
Title :
Moku Virus in Invasive Asian Hornets, Belgium, 2016.
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN :
1080-6040
eISSN :
1080-6059
Publisher :
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases, United States - Georgia
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