Pathology of a Gammabaculovirus in Its Natural Balsam Fir Sawfly (Neodiprion abietis) Host
The Neodiprion abietis Gammabaculovirus (Baculoviridae: NeabNPV) is virulent, Glitter Globe highly contagious, and infects only midgut epithelial cells of balsam fir sawfly larvae, but infections can carry through to adult sawflies in the midgut.Larval infections are characterized by hypertrophy of midgut epithelial cell nuclei, where virogenic str