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Article alert: The prevalence of Acarapis woodi in Spanish honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies
13.09.2012

Experimental Parasitology (in press) Available online 10 September 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.08.018

Garrido-Bailón, E. et al.

Acarapis woodi is an internal obligate parasite of the respiratory system of honey bees which provokes significant economic losses in many geographical areas. The main aim of this study was assess the A. woodi role in the “higher honey bee colony losses phenomenon” in Spain. Therefore, a new polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was developed to amplify the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene (COI) and so the actual prevalence of A. woodi in Spanish honey bee colonies in 2006 and 2007 was determined as part of a wider survey. The results revealed a greater prevalence than expected in most of the geographical areas studied where has been generally underestimated One problem encountered in this study was to distinguish between A. woodi and other species (A. dorsalis and A. externus) at the molecular level. Furthermore, the patterns of genetic divergence across sequences raised serious doubts about the current classification of these organisms.


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