Varroa destructor mites vector and transmit pathogenic honey bee viruses acquired from an artificial diet

• Francisco Posada-Florez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Eugene V. Ryabov,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-9714

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• Matthew C. Heerman,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Knipling-Bushland Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, Veterinary Pest Genomics Center, United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Kerrville, Texas, United States of America

  Affiliation Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Yanping Chen,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jay D. Evans,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Daniel E. Sonenshine,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

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• Steven C. Cook

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: steven.cook@usda.gov

  Affiliation Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-1402

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