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Horizontal Transmission of the Symbiont Microsporidia MB in Anopheles arabiensis

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
The recently discovered Anopheles symbiont, Microsporidia MB, has a strong malaria transmission-blocking phenotype in Anopheles arabiensis, the predominant Anopheles gambiae species complex member in many active transmission areas in eastern Africa.
Godfrey Nattoh, Edward Edmond Makhulu, Lilian Mbaisi   +2 more
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Conservation of Nematocida microsporidia gene expression and host response in Caenorhabditis nematodes

PLoS ONE, 2022
Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites that are known to infect most types of animals. Many species of microsporidia can infect multiple related hosts, but it is not known if microsporidia express different genes depending upon which host ...
Emily R Troemel, Aaron W Reinke
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Genomic and phenotypic evolution of nematode-infecting microsporidia

PLoS Pathogens, 2023
Microsporidia are a large phylum of intracellular parasites that can infect most types of animals. Species in the Nematocida genus can infect nematodes including Caenorhabditis elegans, which has become an important model to study mechanisms of ...
Lina Wadi, Hala Tamim El Jarkass, Robert J Luallen   +2 more
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Telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Microsporidia sp. MB, a microsporidian symbiont of Anopheles coluzzii isolated from Burkina Faso [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background Microsporidia sp. MB is an intracellular parasite of anopheline mosquitoes identified across the African continent. Microsporidia sp. MB infections appear to have no significant effect on mosquito fitness and can vertically transmit, whilst ...
Roland Pevsner, Julien Martinez, Deepak-Kumar Purusothaman, Beth C. Poulton, Abdelhakeem I. Adam, Ewan R.S. Parry, Saré Issiaka, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Steven P. Sinkins   +8 more
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Changes in the Anopheles arabiensis transcriptome and gut microbiota profiles associated with the endosymbiotic Microsporidia MB [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background Microsporidia MB is an endosymbiotic microbe found in Anopheles mosquito populations. This symbiont can block Plasmodium transmission in mosquitoes, and it can spread through mosquito populations and be sustained over generations by vertical ...
Jacqueline Wahura Waweru, Nicola Mulder, Cynthia Nyambura King’ori, Irene Muiruri, Mwatum Maloba Alakonya, Edward Edmond Makhulu, Lilian Mbaisi Ang’ang’o, Joseph Gichuhi, Daniel Masiga, Jeremy Keith Herren   +9 more
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Global prevalence and genotype distribution of Microsporidia spp. in various consumables: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Water and Health, 2023
Water and food sources play a major role in the distribution and transfer of microsporidia infection to animals and humans. So, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the status and genetic diversity of microsporidia infection in water,
Ali Taghipour, Saeed Bahadory, Amir Abdoli   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

The L1014F Kdr mutation is associated with a higher prevalence and load of the Plasmodium-blocking symbiont Microsporidia MB In Anopheles Gambiae s.l. In Benin [PDF]

BMC Microbiology
Introduction The Plasmodium transmission-blocking endosymbiont Microsporidia MB was previously identified in Anopheles gambiae s.l., but its association with the carriage of the genotypes of the L1014F kdr mutation, as well as the ecological factors ...
Arthur Sovi, Minassou Juvenal Ahouandjinou, Rock Aïkpon, Gérard S. Totongnon, Boulais Yovogan, Thomas Syme, Abdramane Dembélé, Come Zinsou Koukpo, Hermann Sagbohan, Razaki Ossè, Andil Agbo-Ola, Virgile Gnanguenon, Ulrick Toffodji, Rudy Caparros Megido, Steve Zinsou Hougbe, David Mahouton Zoungbédji, Alphonse Keller Konkon, Jackie Cook, Germain Gil Padonou, Natacha Protopopoff, Martin C. Akogbéto, Louisa A. Messenger, Constantin J. Adoha   +22 more
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Localization and tissue tropism of the symbiont Microsporidia MB in the germ line and somatic tissues of Anopheles arabiensis

MBio
The Anopheles symbiont, Microsporidia MB, is maternally inherited and has a strong malaria transmission-blocking phenotype in Anopheles arabiensis. Microsporidia MB is also vertically transmitted, sexually transmitted, and avirulent.
Thomas Ogao Onchuru, Joseph Gichuhi, Lizette L Koekemoer   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Maximizing horizontal transmission through mating: increased mating frequency and mating competitiveness associated with Microsporidia MB-infected Anopheles arabiensis males [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Microsporidia MB is a naturally occurring symbiont in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes that inhibits the development of Plasmodium. It is transmitted both vertically and horizontally, enabling its spread within mosquito populations.
Tracy Maina, Aclaine Shisia, Joseph Gichuhi, Joel L. Bargul, Jeremy K. Herren, Tullu Bukhari   +5 more
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Microsporidia Detection and Genotyping Study of Human Pathogenic E. bieneusi in Animals from Spain

PLoS ONE, 2014
Microsporidia are ubiquitous parasites infecting all animal phyla and we present evidence that supports their zoonotic potential. Fecal samples taken from domestic (cats and dogs), farm (pigs, rabbits and ostriches) and wild animals (foxes) from ...
Ana Luz Galván-Díaz, Angela Magnet, Soledad Fenoy   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources