[HTML][HTML] Aedes spp. and Their Microbiota: A Review

F Scolari, M Casiraghi, M Bonizzoni - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Aedes spp. are a major public health concern due to their ability to be efficient vectors of
dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, and other arboviruses. With limited vaccines available and no …

[HTML][HTML] 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] Wolbachia: endosymbiont of onchocercid nematodes and their vectors

RRS Manoj, MS Latrofa, S Epis, D Otranto - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background Wolbachia is an obligate intracellular maternally transmitted, gram-negative
bacterium which forms a spectrum of endosymbiotic relationships from parasitism to …

[HTML][HTML] Prospects and pitfalls: next-generation tools to control mosquito-transmitted disease

EP Caragata, S Dong, Y Dong… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Mosquito-transmitted diseases, including malaria and dengue, are a major threat to human
health around the globe, affecting millions each year. A diverse array of next-generation …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Is Anopheles gambiae a Natural Host of Wolbachia?

E Chrostek, M Gerth - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Wolbachia (Alphaproteobacteria, Rickettsiales) is an intraovarially transmitted
symbiont of insects able to exert striking phenotypes, including reproductive manipulations …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance of dengue virus in individual Aedes aegypti mosquitoes collected concurrently with suspected human cases in Tarlac City, Philippines

JC Balingit, TM Carvajal, M Saito-Obata, M Gamboa… - Parasites & vectors, 2020 - Springer
Background Vector control measures are critical for the prevention and reduction of dengue
virus (DENV) transmission. Effective vector control is reliant not only on knowledge of …

Larval habitat determines the bacterial and fungal microbiota of the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti

K Zouache, E Martin, N Rahola… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Mosquito larvae are naturally exposed to microbial communities present in a variety of larval
development sites. Several earlier studies have highlighted that the larval habitat influences …