Does infection by Nosema ceranae cause “Colony Collapse Disorder” in honey bees (Apis mellifera)?

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Biotic and Abiotic Factors Associated with Colonies Mortalities of Managed Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) (2019, background): “apis—lead to acute diarrhea in bees during the winter-spring season or to a latent infection [49,50].”
Occurrence of parasites and pathogens in honey bee colonies used in a European genotype-environment interactions experiment (2014, background): “…N. ceranae has been made responsible for symptoms very similar to those of CCD (Higes et al., 2008), it has been more recently reported that its symptoms also may remain comparatively mild and need not necessarily cause colony losses (Paxton, 2010; Fernández et al., 2012; Forsgren and Fries, 2012).”
Colony losses, managed colony population decline, and Colony Collapse Disorder in the United States (2010, background): “Similarly, Nosema ceranae has become widespread in the U.S. (Klee et al., 2007; Chen et al., 2008), though its role in colony losses is not understood fully (Paxton, 2010).”
Honey bee colony losses (2010, background): “…of Apicultural Research 49(1): 1-6 (2010) © IBRA 2010 DOI 10.3896/IBRA.1.49.1.01 Apiculture has been in decline in both Europe and the USA over recent decades, as is shown by the decreasing numbers of managed honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies (Ellis et al., 2010; Potts et al., 2010).”