Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;23(12):2109-2112. doi: 10.3201/eid2312.171080.
We report the detection of Moku virus in invasive Asian hornets (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) in Belgium. This constitutes an unexpected report of this iflavirus outside Hawaii, USA, where it was recently described in social wasps. Although virulence of Moku virus is unknown, its potential spread raises concern for European honeybee populations.
我们报告了在比利时的入侵亚洲大黄蜂(Vespa velutina nigrithorax)中检测到 Moku 病毒。这是在美国夏威夷以外地区对这种 iflavirus 的意外报告,最近在美国的社会性黄蜂中描述了这种病毒。尽管 Moku 病毒的毒力尚不清楚,但它的潜在传播引起了对欧洲蜜蜂种群的关注。