TY - JOUR
T1 - Distribution and variability of deformed wing virus of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) in the Middle East and North Africa
AU - Haddad, Nizar Jamal
AU - Noureddine, Adjlane
AU - Al-Shagour, Banan
AU - Loucif-Ayad, Wahida
AU - El-Niweiri, Mogbel A. A.
AU - Anaswah, Eman
AU - Abu Hammour, Wafaa
AU - El-Obeid, Dany
AU - Imad, Albaba
AU - Shebl, Mohamed A.
AU - Almaleky, Abdulhusien Sehen
AU - Nasher, Abdullah
AU - Walid, Nagara
AU - Bergigui, Mohamed Fouad
AU - Yanez, Orlando
AU - de Miranda, Joachim R.
AU - Rodrigues De Miranda, Joachim
AU - et al.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Three hundred and eleven honeybee samples from 12 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Yemen, Palestine, and Sudan) were analyzed for the presence of deformed wing virus (DWV). The prevalence of DWV throughout the MENA region was pervasive, but variable. The highest prevalence was found in Lebanon and Syria, with prevalence dropping in Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt before increasing slightly moving westwards to Algeria and Morocco Phylogenetic analysis of a 194 nucleotide section of the DWV Lp gene did not identify any significant phylogenetic resolution among the samples, although the sequences did show consistent regional clustering, including an interesting geographic gradient from Morocco through North Africa to Jordan and Syria. The sequences revealed several clear variability hotspots in the deduced amino acid sequence, which furthermore showed some patterns of regional identity. Furthermore, the sequence variants from the Middle East and North Africa appear more numerous and diverse than those from Europe.
AB - Three hundred and eleven honeybee samples from 12 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Yemen, Palestine, and Sudan) were analyzed for the presence of deformed wing virus (DWV). The prevalence of DWV throughout the MENA region was pervasive, but variable. The highest prevalence was found in Lebanon and Syria, with prevalence dropping in Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt before increasing slightly moving westwards to Algeria and Morocco Phylogenetic analysis of a 194 nucleotide section of the DWV Lp gene did not identify any significant phylogenetic resolution among the samples, although the sequences did show consistent regional clustering, including an interesting geographic gradient from Morocco through North Africa to Jordan and Syria. The sequences revealed several clear variability hotspots in the deduced amino acid sequence, which furthermore showed some patterns of regional identity. Furthermore, the sequence variants from the Middle East and North Africa appear more numerous and diverse than those from Europe.
KW - Apis mellifera
KW - deformed wing virus
KW - Middle East
KW - North Africa
KW - prevalence
KW - variability
KW - Apis mellifera
KW - deformed wing virus
KW - Middle East
KW - North Africa
KW - prevalence
KW - variability
UR - https://res.slu.se/id/publ/77571
U2 - 10.1111/1744-7917.12277
DO - 10.1111/1744-7917.12277
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26445352
SN - 1672-9609
VL - 24
SP - 103
EP - 113
JO - Insect Science
JF - Insect Science
IS - 1
ER -