Wolbachia-Virus interactions and arbovirus control through population replacement in mosquitoes

TH Ant, MV Mancini, CJ McNamara… - … and Global Health, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Following transfer into the primary arbovirus vector Aedes aegypti, several strains of the
intracellular bacterium Wolbachia have been shown to inhibit the transmission of dengue …

Wolbachia prevalence in the vector species Culex pipiens and Culex torrentium in a Sindbis virus-endemic region of Sweden

A Bergman, JC Hesson - Parasites & Vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background Wolbachia pipientis are endosymbiotic bacteria present in a large proportion of
terrestrial arthropods. The species is known to sometimes affect the ability of its host to …

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 …

The Mosquito Fauna of Arizona: Species Composition and Public Health Implications

NB Jobe, NM Franz, MA Johnston, AB Malone… - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Simple Summary: Many mosquito species not only serve as a nuisance
but also pose a threat to public health by transmitting diseases to both humans and animals …

Human activities attract harmful mosquitoes in a tropical urban landscape

JM Lee, RJ Wasserman, JY Gan, RF Wilson… - EcoHealth, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge of the interrelationship of mosquito communities and land use changes
is of paramount importance to understand the potential risk of mosquito disease …

Vector competence of Aedes aegypti from Havana, Cuba, for dengue virus type 1, chikungunya, and Zika viruses

G Gutiérrez-Bugallo, A Boullis, Y Martinez… - PloS Neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Like many countries from the Americas, Cuba is threatened by Aedes aegypti-
associated arboviruses such as dengue (DENV), Zika (ZIKV), and chikungunya (CHIKV) …

Biopesticides improve efficiency of the sterile insect technique for controlling mosquito-driven dengue epidemics

DRJ Pleydell, J Bouyer - Communications Biology, 2019 - nature.com
Various mosquito control methods use factory raised males to suppress vector densities. But
the efficiency of these methods is currently insufficient to prevent epidemics of arbovirus …

Diverse novel resident Wolbachia strains in Culicine mosquitoes from Madagascar

CL Jeffries, LM Tantely, FN Raharimalala, E Hurn… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Wolbachia endosymbiotic bacteria are widespread throughout insect species and
Wolbachia transinfected in Aedes mosquito species has formed the basis for biocontrol …

Vector competence of Aedes albopictus field populations from Reunion Island exposed to local epidemic dengue viruses

S Hafsia, T Barbar, H Alout, F Baudino, C Lebon… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Dengue virus (DENV) is the most prevalent mosquito-borne Flavivirus that affects humans
worldwide. Aedes albopictus, which is naturally infected with the bacteria Wolbachia, is …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic mapping of dengue basic reproduction number

S Benkimoun, C Atyame, M Haramboure, P Degenne… - Results in Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
We developed a method to produce time-varying maps for dengue transmission risk, using
the Ross-Macdonald framework and differential equations to estimate spatially the basic …