African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

First detection of deformed wing and kakugo viruses in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) in Egypt by real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)

Emtithal M. Abd-El-Samie
  • Emtithal M. Abd-El-Samie
  • Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Fatma K. Adham
  • Fatma K. Adham
  • Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Sawsan El-Mohandes
  • Sawsan El-Mohandes
  • Honeybee Research Department, Plant Protection Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt
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Heba Seyam
  • Heba Seyam
  • Honeybee Research Department, Plant Protection Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt
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  •  Received: 03 July 2016
  •  Accepted: 07 March 2017
  •  Published: 05 April 2017

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