Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Journal of General Virology
Volume
31
Publication Date
2-18-1976
First Page
459
Last Page
461
Abstract
An iridovirus, Apis iridescent virus (AIV), isolated from sick adult specimens of Apis cerana (Hymenoptera) from Kashmir, closely resembles iridescent viruses from Tipula and Sericesthis spp. (TIV and SIV). However, AIV is only distantly related serologically to TIV and SIV and is even moderately related to several other similar viruses that were tested in tube precipitation tests with intact particles. AIV multiplied in Apis mellifera, forming cytoplasmic iridescent crystalline aggregates in several tissues, but unlike all the other iridoviruses tested, it failed to multiply in Galleria mellonella.
Recommended Citation
Bailey, L.; Ball, Brenda V.; and Woods, R. D., "An Iridovirus from Bees" (1976). An. Paper 234.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_an/234