Search Results - "Mordecai, Gideon J"
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Coronaviruses in the Sea
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (24-07-2020)“…Interest in coronaviruses because of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has generated concern about their occurrence and persistence in aquatic…”
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Diversity in a honey bee pathogen: first report of a third master variant of the Deformed Wing Virus quasispecies
Published in The ISME Journal (01-05-2016)“…Treatment of emerging RNA viruses is hampered by the high mutation and replication rates that enable these viruses to operate as a quasispecies. Declining…”
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Superinfection exclusion and the long-term survival of honey bees in Varroa-infested colonies
Published in The ISME Journal (01-05-2016)“…Over the past 50 years, many millions of European honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) colonies have died as the ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor , has spread…”
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Endangered wild salmon infected by newly discovered viruses
Published in eLife (03-09-2019)“…The collapse of iconic, keystone populations of sockeye ( ) and Chinook ( ) salmon in the Northeast Pacific is of great concern. It is thought that infectious…”
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Moku virus; a new Iflavirus found in wasps, honey bees and Varroa
Published in Scientific reports (07-10-2016)“…There is an increasing global trend of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) affecting a wide range of species, including honey bees. The global epidemic of the…”
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ABC Assay: Method Development and Application to Quantify the Role of Three DWV Master Variants in Overwinter Colony Losses of European Honey Bees
Published in Viruses (27-10-2017)“…Deformed wing virus (DWV) is one of the most prevalent honey bee viral pathogens in the world. Typical of many RNA viruses, DWV is a quasi-species, which is…”
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Genomic epidemiology of the first two waves of SARS-CoV-2 in Canada
Published in eLife (02-08-2022)“…Tracking the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages using phylogenetics has proven critical to inform the timing and stringency of COVID-19 public health…”
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A Comparison of Deformed Wing Virus in Deformed and Asymptomatic Honey Bees
Published in Insects (Basel, Switzerland) (07-03-2017)“…Deformed wing virus (DWV) in association with is currently attributed to being responsible for colony collapse in the western honey bee ( ). The appearance of…”
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Distribution and Phylogeny of Erythrocytic Necrosis Virus (ENV) in Salmon Suggests Marine Origin
Published in Viruses (18-04-2019)“…Viral erythrocytic necrosis (VEN) affects over 20 species of marine and anadromous fishes in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. However, the…”
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Schrödinger's Cheshire Cat: Are Haploid Emiliania huxleyi Cells Resistant to Viral Infection or Not?
Published in Viruses (18-03-2017)“…is the main calcite producer on Earth and is routinely infected by a virus (EhV); a double stranded DNA (dsDNA) virus belonging to the family . exhibits a…”
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Identification of infectious agents in early marine Chinook and Coho salmon associated with cohort survival
Published in Facets (Ottawa) (19-05-2022)“…Recent decades have seen an increased appreciation for the role infectious diseases can play in mass mortality events across a diversity of marine taxa. At the…”
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Variable routes to genomic and host adaptation among coronaviruses
Published in Journal of evolutionary biology (01-06-2021)“…Natural selection operating on the genomes of viral pathogens in different host species strongly contributes to adaptation facilitating host colonization…”
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Aquaculture mediates global transmission of a viral pathogen to wild salmon
Published in Science advances (01-05-2021)“…Global expansion of aquaculture and agriculture facilitates disease emergence and catalyzes transmission to sympatric wildlife populations. The health of wild…”
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Discovery and surveillance of viruses from salmon in British Columbia using viral immune-response biomarkers, metatranscriptomics, and high-throughput RT-PCR
Published in Virus evolution (01-01-2021)“…Abstract The emergence of infectious agents poses a continual economic and environmental challenge to aquaculture production, yet the diversity, abundance, and…”
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Novel RNA Virus Genome Discovered in Ghost Ants ( Tapinoma melanocephalum ) from Hawaii
Published in Genome announcements (Washington, DC) (27-07-2017)“…Here, we report the full-genome sequence of Milolii virus, a novel single-stranded (positive-sense) RNA virus discovered from ants in Hawaii. The genome is…”
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