Diversity of Potential Resistance Mechanisms in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) Selected for Low Population Growth of the Parasitic Mite, Varroa destructor

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) bred for resistance to the parasitic mite, Varroa equi-jec 7 destructor, were examined for potential Varroa resistance mechanisms following bidirectional selection for low (resistant) or high (susceptible) Varroa population growth (LVG and HVG, respectively) based on mite fall in colonies at two different time points.Hyg

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Interim estimates of the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine against A(H3N2) influenza in adults in South Korea, 2016-2017 season.

In the 2016-2017 season, the A(H3N2) influenza epidemic presented an unusual early peak pattern compared with past seasons in South Korea.The interim vaccine effectiveness (VE) of influenza vaccination in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza was estimated using test-negative design through the g35 coupe fender tertiary hospital-based influenza

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