Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Promiscuous feeding across multiple honey bee hosts amplifies the vectorial capacity of Varroa destructor Varroa destructor is a cosmopolitan pest and leading cause of colony loss of the European honey bee. Historically described as a competent vector of honey bee viruses, this arthropod vector is cause for the global pandemic of Deformed wing virus, now endemic in honeybee populations. Our work shows viral spread is driven by Varroa actively switching from one adult bee to another as they feed. Assays using fluorescent microspheres were used to show the movement of fluids in both directions between host and vector when Varroa feed. Therefore, Varroa could be in either an infectious or naive state dependent upon the disease status of their host. We tested this and confirm that the relative risk of a Varroa feeding was dependent on the infectiousness of their previous host. Varroa exhibit remarkable heterogeneity in their host switching behavior, with some Varroa switching infrequently while others switch at least daily. As a result, relatively few of the most active Varroa parasitize the majority of bees. This multiple feeding behavior has analogs in vectorial capacity models of other systems, where promiscuous feeding by individual vectors is a leading driver of vectorial capacity. We propose that the honeybee-Varroa relationship offers a unique opportunity to apply principles of vectorial capacity to a social organism, as virus transmission is both vectored and occurs through multiple host-to-host routes common to a crowded society.
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The categories of this paper are: molecular
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The categories of this paper are: education
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The categories of this paper are: communication
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The categories of this paper are: scientific
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The categories of this paper are: developmental
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The categories of this paper are: pathology
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The categories of this paper are: cancer
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The categories of this paper are: toxicology
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The categories of this paper are: systems
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The categories of this paper are: biophysics
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The categories of this paper are: neuroscience
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The categories of this paper are: cell
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The categories of this paper are: synthetic
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The categories of this paper are: paleontology
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The categories of this paper are: bioinformatics
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The categories of this paper are: genomics