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Wolbachia versus dengue: Evolutionary forecasts. [PDF]

Evolution, medicine, and public health, 2013
A novel form of biological control is being applied to the dengue virus. The agent is the maternally transmitted bacterium Wolbachia, naturally absent from the main dengue vector, the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Three Wolbachia-based control strategies have been proposed.
Bull, James J, Turelli, Michael
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Absence of Wolbachia endobacteria in the human parasitic nematode Dracunculus medinensis and two related Dracunculus species infecting wildlife [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Wolbachia endosymbionts are a proven target for control of human disease caused by filarial nematodes. However, little is known about the occurrence of Wolbachia in taxa closely related to the superfamily Filarioidea.
Jeremy M Foster, Frédéric Landmann, Louise Ford, Kelly L Johnston, Sarah C Elsasser, Albrecht I Schulte-Hostedde, Mark J Taylor, Barton E Slatko   +7 more
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Wolbachia-Host Interactions: Host Mating Patterns Affect Wolbachia Density Dynamics. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Wolbachia are maternally inherited intracellular bacteria that infect a wide range of arthropods and cause an array of effects on host reproduction, fitness and mating behavior.
Dong-Xiao Zhao, Xiang-Fei Zhang, Da-Song Chen, Yan-Kai Zhang, Xiao-Yue Hong   +4 more
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Host and symbiont genetic contributions to fitness in a Trichogramma–Wolbachia symbiosis [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
The fitness effects associated with Wolbachia infection have wide-ranging ecological and evolutionary consequences for host species. How these effects are modulated by the relative influence of host and Wolbachia genomes has been described as a balancing
James E. Russell, Leonard Nunney, Michael Saum, Richard Stouthamer   +3 more
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Phenotypic Response of Wolbachia pipientis in a Cell-Free Medium [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2020
Wolbachia, an obligate intracellular bacterium estimated to infect millions of arthropod species worldwide, is currently being utilized in novel control strategies to limit the transmission of Dengue and Zika viruses.
Alyssa M. Krafsur, Arnab Ghosh, Corey L. Brelsfoard   +2 more
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Transgendered in Alaska: Navigating the Changing Legal Landscape for Change in Gender Petitions [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Detecting intracellular bacterial symbionts can be challenging when they persist at very low densities. Wolbachia, a widespread bacterial endosymbiont of invertebrates, is particularly challenging.
Klasson, Lisa, Lind, Anders E., Miller, Wolfgang J., Schneider, Daniela I.   +3 more
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Detection and Genetic Diversity of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts in Human Lice Based on 16S-rRNA Gene. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Candidatus Riesia pediculicola and Wolbachia were found in 79.6% and 95.2% of head lice, and 81.8% and 100% of body lice. Candidatus Riesia pthiripubis and Wolbachia appeared in 41.7% and 75% of pubic lice. Maximum‐likelihood 16S‐rRNA phylogeny revealed substantial heterogeneity within symbiont populations. ABSTRACT Human lice are obligate bloodsucking
Marteau A, Brun S, Izri A, Akhoundi M.
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Using Wolbachia to control rice planthopper populations: progress and challenges

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Wolbachia have been developed as a tool for protecting humans from mosquito populations and mosquito-borne diseases. The success of using Wolbachia relies on the facts that Wolbachia are maternally transmitted and that Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic ...
Yan Guo, Jiayi Shao, Yanxian Wu, Yifeng Li   +3 more
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Wolbachia and DNA barcoding insects: patterns, potential and problems [PDF]

, 2012
Wolbachia is a genus of bacterial endosymbionts that impacts the breeding systems of their hosts. Wolbachia can confuse the patterns of mitochondrial variation, including DNA barcodes, because it influences the pathways through which mitochondria are ...
BC Schmidt, BL Fisher, Brian L. Fisher, CC Nice, Claudia Bertrand, Cory Sheffield, D Steinke, DA Grasso, Da-Wei Huang, Daniel H. Janzen, DD Shoemaker, DH Janzen, Dirk Steinke, Donald Quicke, Eldon S. Eveleigh, ER Swartz, FM Jiggins, GDD Hurst, HR Braig, I Meusnier, J Engelstadter, J Fernandez Triana, J Fernandez Triana, J Ferrari, J Rozas, JA Russell, James Whitfield, Jan Hrcek, Jason Gibbs, Jonathan H. Badger, Jose Fernandez-Triana, Josephine Rodriguez, Julie K. Stahlhut, JWO Ballard, K Hilgenboecker, Kate Crosby, Katharine Hind, L Baldo, L Baldo, L Excoffier, LA Weinert, Laurence Packer, LL Chen, M Virgilio, M. Alex Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, Mark R. Shaw, MC Linares, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Milan Janda, Monty Wood, NV Ivanova, PDN Hebert, PDN Hebert, R Raychoudhury, R Raychoudhury, RA Johnstone, Rodolphe Rougerie, RS Rasmussen, S Ratnasingham, Scott E. Miller, SL Dobson, Sujeevan Ratnasingham, T Wenseleers, TL Whitworth, Winnie Hallwachs, X-J Sun, Xin Zhou, Yanwei Li, YW Li, Z Gompert   +75 more
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Environmental factors influence the local establishment of Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in two small communities in central Vietnam [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Gates Open Research, 2022
Background: The wMel strain of Wolbachia has been successfully introduced into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and subsequently shown to reduce transmission of dengue and other pathogens, under both laboratory and field conditions.
Le T. Nghia, Vien Q. Mai, Le H. Tho, Peter Kyrylos, Nguyen T. Dong, Tim P. Hurst, Simon Kutcher, Katherine L. Anders, Megan Woolfit, Jacqui L. Montgomery, Le Nguyen, Edwige Rances, Breeanna J. McLean, Angela Caird, Scott L. O'Neill, Scott A. Ritchie, Peter A. Ryan, Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Jack Brown-Kenyon, Dang D. Anh, Nguyen T. Hien, Nguyen T. Yen, Nguyen H. Le, Vu S. Nam, Tran V. Phong, Nguyen B. Nguyen, Tran N. Duong, Luu Q. Hung, Duong T.T. Huong, Nguyen V. Hoang, Chau N.T. Trinh   +30 more
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