Projects

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  Understanding the nexus of nutrition, the microbiome, and xenobiotics susceptibility in the honey bee

  Core Project

  Adam Dolezal at UIUC and Irene Newton at IU are studying how nutrition, viral infection, and a beneficial bacterium impact honey bee health.

Publications

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  Payne et al., 2025

  Payne, A.N., Prayugo, V., & Dolezal, A. G. (2025). A honey bee-associated virus remains infectious and quantifiable in postmortem hosts. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 209: 108258.

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2024.108258
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  Prayugo et al., 2025

  Prayugo, V., Payne, A. N., Bonning, B. C., & Dolezal, A. G. (2025). Infection timelines and co-infection effects of Israeli acute paralysis virus and deformed wing virus in the honey bee (Apis mellifera). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 214, 108484.

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2025.108484