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Identification of Wolbachia new strains from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the vector of dengue fever in Jeddah Province

BMC Microbiology, 2023
Wolbachia are endosymbiotic bacteria found within many arthropods, including insects. A variety of benefits are provided by these bacteria to human and insect hosts, including protection from viruses and parasites and the ability to kill males.
E. Sharawi Somia, Ihsan Ullah, Hanan S. Alyahya, Jazem A. Mahyoub   +3 more
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The Eagle effect in the Wolbachia-worm symbiosis

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) are two human neglected tropical diseases that cause major disabilities.
Christina A. Bulman, Laura Chappell, Emma Gunderson, Ian Vogel, Brenda Beerntsen, Barton E. Slatko, William Sullivan, Judy A. Sakanari   +7 more
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Diversity and recombination in Wolbachia and Cardinium from Bryobia spider mites [PDF]

, 2012
Background Wolbachia and Cardinium are endosymbiotic bacteria infecting many arthropods and manipulating host reproduction. Although these bacteria are maternally transmitted, incongruencies between phylogenies of host and parasite suggest an additional ...
Vera I D Ros, Edward J Feil, Johannes A J Breeuwer, Breeuwer, J.A.J., Fleming, V.M., Feil, E.J., Ros, V.I.D., Vicki M Fleming   +7 more
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Modelling the spread of Wolbachia in spatially heterogeneous environments [PDF]

, 2012
The endosymbiont Wolbachia infects a large number of insect species and is capable of rapid spread when introduced into a novel host population. The bacteria spread by manipulating their hosts' reproduction, and their dynamics are influenced by the ...
Hancock, Penelope A., Godfray, H. Charles J., Hancock, Penelope A, Godfray, H Charles J   +3 more
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Wolbachia limits pathogen infections through induction of host innate immune responses.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BACKGROUND:Wolbachia has been reported to suppress a variety of pathogen infections in mosquitoes, but the mechanism is undefined. Two possibilities have been proposed.
Donghui Zhang, Yingfan Wang, Kun He, Qinggui Yang, Maoqing Gong, Minjun Ji, Lin Chen   +6 more
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Wolbachia infection dynamics in a natural population of the pear psyllid Cacopsylla pyri (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) across its seasonal generations

Scientific Reports, 2022
Wolbachia is one of the most abundant intracellular symbionts of arthropods and has profound effects on host biology. Wolbachia transmission and host phenotypes often depend on its density within the host, which can be affected by multiple biotic and ...
Liliya Štarhová Serbina, Domagoj Gajski, Igor Malenovský, Erika Corretto, Hannes Schuler, Jessica Dittmer   +5 more
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Ankyrin repeat domain-encoding genes in the wPip strain of Wolbachia from the Culex pipiens group [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: Wolbachia are obligate endosymbiotic bacteria maternally transmitted through the egg cytoplasm that are responsible for several reproductive disorders in their insect hosts, such as cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) in infected mosquitoes ...
Parkhill Julian, Sinkins, Steven P., Thomson Nicholas R, Sanders, Mandy J, Klasson Lisa, Sinkins Steven P, Sanders, Mandy J., Klasson, Lisa, Thompson, Nicholas R., Sinkins, Steven P, Sanders Mandy J, Sebaihia, Mohammed, Sebalhia, Mohammed, Parkhill, Julian, Walker, Thomas, Thomson, Nicholas R, Walker Thomas, Thomson, Nicholas R., Sebaihia Mohammed   +18 more
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How do Wolbachia modify the Drosophila ovary? New evidences support the “titration-restitution” model for the mechanisms of Wolbachia-induced CI

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is the most common phenotype induced by endosymbiont Wolbachia and results in embryonic lethality when Wolbachia-modified sperm fertilize eggs without Wolbachia.
Zhen He, Ya Zheng, Wen-Juan Yu, Yang Fang, Bin Mao, Yu-Feng Wang   +5 more
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Biological control of dengue and Wolbachia-based strategies. 2nd ed.

, 2014
This book chapter describes a number of biological control methods that currently exist, or are under development, which target the dengue vector Aedes aegypti.
Vasudevan, S, Frentiu, Scott L., F. D. Frentiu, Frentiu, F, Walker, T, Farrar, J, T. Walker, Walker, Thomas, O'Neil, Scott L., S. L. O'Neill, O'Neill, Scott L., Ooi, E, O'Neill, S, Gubler, D, Frentiu, Francesca D.   +14 more
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Whole genome screen reveals a novel relationship between Wolbachia levels and Drosophila host translation.

PLoS Pathogens, 2018
Wolbachia is an intracellular bacterium that infects a remarkable range of insect hosts. Insects such as mosquitos act as vectors for many devastating human viruses such as Dengue, West Nile, and Zika.
Yolande Grobler, Chi Y Yun, David J Kahler, Casey M Bergman, Hangnoh Lee, Brian Oliver, Ruth Lehmann   +6 more
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