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Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) in South American non-Apis bees

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Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) is a positive single-stranded RNA virus that exhibits a worldwide distribution. Although the effects of this virus on honeybees’ health are well known, its presence in other bee species has not been fully studied. In this work, CBPV was detected in several native bees from Argentina, including Bombus pauloensis, Halictillus amplilobus, Peponapis fervens, and members of the genus Xylocopa. Here, we report for the first time the presence of CBPV in native bees from South America.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by FONCyT (PICT 2015-1045 granted to SQ., and PICTs 2012-0851 and 2016-0289 granted to SP). The authors would like to thank the Institute of Analysis Fares Taie, CONICET, and the UNMdP for financial support.

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  1. Gregorio Fernandez de Landa and Pablo Revainera contributed equally to this manuscript.

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  1. Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales (CIAS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350 (7600) Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Gregorio Fernandez de Landa, Pablo Revainera, Constanza Brasesco, Facundo Meroi, Matías Maggi, Martin Eguaras & Silvina Quintana

  2. Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Análisis Fares Taie, Rivadavia 3343 Mar del Plata, 7600 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Vanesa di Gerónimo & Silvina Quintana

  3. Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Facundo Meroi

  4. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE) CONICET-UNLP, Boulevard 120 s/n. La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Santiago Plischuk

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Fernandez de Landa, G., Revainera, P., Brasesco, C. et al. Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) in South American non-Apis bees. Arch Virol 165, 2053–2056 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-020-04697-1

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