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Microbiol. 2002 Dec;68(12):6446-50.  Phylogenetic analysis of
acute bee paralysis virus strains.  Author information    •
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of
Veterinary Sciences, Szent István University, H-1143 Budapest,
Hungary.   Reverse transcription-PCR assays have been
established for a quick, sensitive, and specific diagnosis of
acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV), a common virus of the honeybee
(Apis mellifera), directly from clinical samples. A
3,071-nucleotide fragment of the ABPV genome, which includes the
entire capsid polyprotein gene, was amplified from Austrian,
German, Polish, and Hungarian ABPV samples and sequenced, and
the sequences were compared. The alignment of a smaller fragment
with ABPV sequences from the United States and the United
Kingdom revealed nucleotide identity rates between 89 and 96%,
respectively. Phylogenetic trees which display the molecular
relationship between the viruses of different