Topic summary
Varroosis
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Varroa.
Varroosis
The infestation and subsequent parasitic disease caused by mites in the genus Varroa is called varroosis. Sometimes, the incorrect names varroatosis or varroasis are used. A parasitic disease name must be formed from the taxonomic name of the parasite and the suffix -osis as provided in the Standardised Nomenclature by the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. For example, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) uses the name varroosis in the OIE Terrestrial Manual.