Nabian et al.: First Detection of Nosema ceranae … References 1. Zander ET. Parasiten als Kra- nkheitserreger bei der Biene. Munch Bien Z. 1909; 31: 196-204. 2. Faucon JP. La nosemose. Sant Abei. 2005; 209:343-367. 3. Higes M, Martin R, Sanz A. Chronic nosemosis in Apis mellifera: an in- creasing problem. 2004; 637-638. In Mas-Coma, M.D. Bargues, JG Esteban,Valero MA(ed), Mulyidisci- plinarity for parasites, vectors and parasitic diseases. Proceedings of the IX European Multicolloquium of Para- sitology. 4. Martin R, Meana A, Higes M. Increase of nosemosis in Spain. 2005; 49-50. In A.J.dos Santos Gracio (ed.), Acta Para- sitologica Portuguesa. Socidedade Por- tuguesa de Parasitologia, Lisboa, Por- tugal. 5. Higes M, Martin R, Meana A. Nosema ceranae, a new microsporidian parasite in honey bees in Europe. J Invertebr Pathol. 2006; 92:93-95. 6. Fries I, Martin R, Meana A, Garcia- Palencia P, Higes M. Natural infec- tions of Nosema ceranae in European honey bees. J Apicult Res. 2006; 45: 230-233. 7. Chauzat MP, Higes M, Martin- Her- nandez R, Meana M, Cougoule N, Faucon JP. Presence of Nosema cer- anae in French honey bee colonies. J Apicult Res. 2007; 46: 127-128. 8. Cox-Foster DL, Conlan S, Holmes EC, Palacios G, Evans JD, Moran NA, Quan PL, Briese T, Hornig M, Geiser DM, Martinson V, VanEngelsdorp D, Kalkstein AL, Drysdale A, Hui J, Zhai J, Cui L, Hutchison SK, Simons JF, Egholm M, Pettis JS, Lipkin WI. A metagenomic survey of microbs in 94 honey bee colony collapse disorder. Sci. 2007; 318: 283-287. 9. Klee J, Besana AM, Genersch E, Gis- der S, Nanetti A, Tam DQ, Chinh TX, Puerta F, Ruz JM, Kryger P, Message D, Hatjina F, Korpela S, Fries I, Paxton RJ, Widespread dispersal of the mi- crosporidian Nosema ceranae, an emergent pathogen of the western ho- ney bee, Apis mellifera. J Invertebr Pa- thol. 2007; 96: 1-10. 10. Huang WF, Jiang JH, Chen YW, Wang CH, A Nosema ceranae isolate from the honey bee Apis mellifera. Apidol. 2007; 38: 30-37. 11. Paxton RJ, Klee J, Korpela S, Fries I, Nosema ceranae has infected Apis mellifera in Europe since at least 1998 and may be more virulent than Nosema apis. Apidol. 2007; 38: 558-565. 12. Chen Y, Evans JD, Smith IB, Pettis JS. Nosema ceranae is a long –present and wide –spread microsporidian infection of the European honey bee (Apis mel- lifera) in the United States. J Invertebr Pathol. 2008; 97:186- 188. 13. Sarlo E, Medici SK, Braunstein M, Eguaras M, Presencia Y distribucion de Nosema ceranae en la region su- deste de la provincial de Buenos Ari- res. In: Actas del Segundo Congreso Argentino de Apicultura, Mar del Pla- ta, Argentina, Agosto,2008;26. 14. Williams GR, Shafer ABA, Rogers REL, Shutler D, Stewart DT, First de- tection of Nosema ceranae, a micro- sporidean parasite of European honey bees (Apis mellifera), in Canada and Central USA, J Invertebr Pathol. 2008; 97: 189-192. 15. Higes M, Garcia- Palencia P, Martin- Hernandez R , Meana A. Experimental infection of Apis mellifera honey bees with Nosema ceranae( Microsporidia). J Invertebr Pathol. 2007; 94: 211-217.