Two Distinct Genomic Lineages of Sinaivirus Detected in Guyanese Africanized Honey Bees.
Declan C SchroederJaclyn L StoneAmy WeeksMakeba JacobsJeol DaSilvaShimar ButtsLorenzo RichardsShevon LayneErwin MillerDwight WalrondDane HartleyDexter LykenPublished in: Microbiology resource announcements (2022)
Over the past decade or so, PCR-based screening programs have reported that Africanized honey bees (AHB) are also hosts to viruses commonly found in European honey bees. Very little is known about the genomic variants found in AHB. Here, we present two distinct lineages of sinaiviruses in AHB.