Evolutionary Ecology of Wolbachia Releases for Disease Control

PA Ross, M Turelli, AA Hoffmann - Annual review of genetics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Wolbachia is an endosymbiotic Alphaproteobacteria that can suppress insect-borne
diseases through decreasing host virus transmission (population replacement) or through …

A Review: Wolbachia-Based Population Replacement for Mosquito Control Shares Common Points with Genetically Modified Control Approaches

PS Yen, AB Failloux - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
The growing expansion of mosquito vectors has made mosquito-borne arboviral diseases a
global threat to public health, and the lack of licensed vaccines and treatments highlight the …

An elusive endosymbiont: Does Wolbachia occur naturally in Aedes aegypti?

PA Ross, AG Callahan, Q Yang, M Jasper… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Wolbachia are maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacteria found within many insect
species. Aedes mosquitoes experimentally infected with Wolbachia are being released into …

[HTML][HTML] Global, asynchronous partial sweeps at multiple insecticide resistance genes in Aedes mosquitoes

TL Schmidt, NM Endersby-Harshman… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) and Ae. albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) are globally
invasive pests that confer the world's dengue burden. Insecticide-based management has …

Systematic Review of Wolbachia Symbiont Detection in Mosquitoes: An Entangled Topic about Methodological Power and True Symbiosis

LM Inacio da Silva, FZ Dezordi, MHS Paiva, GL Wallau - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wolbachia is an endosymbiotic bacterium that naturally infects several arthropods and
nematode species. Wolbachia gained particular attention due to its impact on their host …

Detection of Wolbachia in field-collected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in metropolitan Manila, Philippines

TM Carvajal, K Hashimoto, RK Harnandika… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Recent reports reveal the presence of Wolbachia in Ae. aegypti. Our study
presents additional support for Wolbachia infection in Ae. aegypti by screening field …

Population genetic structure of Culex tritaeniorhynchus in different types of climatic zones in China

Y Zhang, H Wang, J Du, Y Wang, C Zang, P Cheng… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Culex tritaeniorhynchus is widely distributed in China, from Hainan Island in the
south to Heilongjiang in the north, covering tropical, subtropical, and temperate climate …

Natural Wolbachia infection in field-collected Anopheles and other mosquito species from Malaysia

ML Wong, JWK Liew, WK Wong, S Pramasivan… - Parasites & vectors, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The endosymbiont bacterium Wolbachia is maternally inherited and
naturally infects some filarial nematodes and a diverse range of arthropods, including …

MicroRNAs reshape the immunity of insects in response to bacterial infection

MN Abbas, S Kausar, B Asma, W Ran, J Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The interaction between bacteria and insects can significantly impact a wide range of
different areas because bacteria and insects are widely distributed around the globe. The …

Natural occurrence of Wolbachia in Anopheles sp. and Aedes aegypti populations could compromise the success of vector control strategies

O Gnankine, RK Dabire - Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Wolbachia is a maternally inherited bacterium commonly detected in approximately 50% of
arthropod species, including mosquito vector species. Wolbachia species have been …