RNA Viruses in Hymenopteran Pollinators: Evidence of Inter-Taxa Virus Transmission via Pollen and Potential Impact on Non-Apis Hymenopteran Species

Rajwinder Singh; Abby L. Levitt; Edwin G. Rajotte; Edward C. Holmes; Nancy Ostiguy; Dennis vanEngelsdorp; W. Ian Lipkin; Claude W. dePamphilis; Amy L. Toth; Diana L. Cox-Foster

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014357

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RNA Viruses in Hymenopteran Pollinators: Evidence of Inter-Taxa Virus Transmission via Pollen and Potential Impact on Non-Apis Hymenopteran Species

Rajwinder Singh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajwinder Singh, Abby L. Levitt

Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Abby L. Levitt ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajwinder Singh, Abby L. Levitt

Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Edwin G. Rajotte,

Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Edward C. Holmes,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Nancy Ostiguy,

Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Dennis vanEngelsdorp,

Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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W. Ian Lipkin,

Affiliation Mailman School of Public Health, Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Claude W. dePamphilis,

Affiliation Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Amy L. Toth,

Affiliations Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America
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Diana L. Cox-Foster

* E-mail: dxc12@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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RNA Viruses in Hymenopteran Pollinators: Evidence of Inter-Taxa Virus Transmission via Pollen and Potential Impact on Non-Apis Hymenopteran Species

Rajwinder Singh,
Abby L. Levitt,
Edwin G. Rajotte,
Edward C. Holmes,
Nancy Ostiguy,
Dennis vanEngelsdorp,
W. Ian Lipkin,
Claude W. dePamphilis,
Amy L. Toth,
Diana L. Cox-Foster

Published: December 22, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014357

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Additional acknowledgement for support of research, with much thanks.

Posted by CoxFosterDL on 25 Dec 2010 at 16:08 GMT

Additional thanks and acknowledgement of support goes to the “Haagen-Dazs Loves the Honey Bees” program. Haagen Dazs gave support to Penn State University that was used to fund the Haagen-Dazs Graduate Fellowship in Pollinator Health. Abby L. Levitt was supported in part by this fellowship.

No competing interests declared.

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Posted by CoxFosterDL on 25 Dec 2010 at 16:08 GMT