THERAPIES, VACCINES, AND PREDICTIVE METHODS FOR BEE COLONY COLLAPSE SYNDROME

Fecha de publicación: 06/10/2016
Fuente: WIPO "apis cerana"
The present invention provides therapies, vaccines, and predictive methods for Colony Collapse Disorder in bees and provides compounds for diagnosing, preventing, and treating Colony Collapse Disorder, A first non-limiting aspect of the present invention provides an isolated or synthesized peptide of up to 100 amino acid residues comprising at least one peptide sequence that is at least 70%, 80%, 90%, or 95% homologous with at least one Replikin peptide sequence identified in a CCD factor in honeybees or in any honeybee including but not limited to at least one Replikin sequence identified in at least one isolate of Varroa destructor, Nosema species, Deformed wing virus, Israeli acute paralysis virus, Kashmir bee virus. Sac brood virus, or in honeybees, including, but not limited to Apis mellifera and Apis cerana, or any Replikin sequence in the ATPase or complementary sex-determination (csd) gene of a honeybee.