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Estes microrganismos foram registados na Europa, Am\u00e9rica e \u00c1sia, e tais infe\u00e7\u00f5es ocorrem atrav\u00e9s de alimentos contaminados, da picada da Varroa destructor e verticalmente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Spiroplasma apis <\/em>causa a doen\u00e7a neurol\u00f3gica \u201cMal de May\u201d, que ocorre na Europa, e <em>Spiroplasma melliferum<\/em> causa a doen\u00e7a do rastejar das abelhas na China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considerando o impacto de fatores n\u00e3o espec\u00edficos que afetam as abelhas, o risco de doen\u00e7as causadas por espiroplasmas est\u00e1 a aumentar. Assim, estudar as fontes de espiroplasmas e os fatores significativos para a infe\u00e7\u00e3o ser\u00e1 cada vez mais importante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Um novo artigo na <a href=\"https:\/\/reference-global.com\/article\/10.2478\/jas-2026-0003\" title=\"\">Journal of Apicultural Science<\/a> Resuma este assunto. Leia-o <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Spiroplasmas_as_Causative_Agents_of_Honey_Bees_Diseases.pdf\" title=\"\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estes microrganismos foram registados na Europa, Am\u00e9rica e \u00c1sia, e tais infe\u00e7\u00f5es ocorrem atrav\u00e9s de alimentos contaminados, da picada do \u00e1caro Varroa destructor e verticalmente.<br \/>\nO Spiroplasma apis causa a doen\u00e7a neurol\u00f3gica \u201cdoen\u00e7a de Maio\u201d que ocorre na Europa, e o Spiroplasma melliferum causa a doen\u00e7a de rastejamento das abelhas na China.<br \/>\nConsiderando o impacto de fatores n\u00e3o espec\u00edficos que afetam as abelhas, o risco de doen\u00e7as causadas por espiroplasmas est\u00e1 a aumentar. 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