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Horizontal transfer of parasitic sex ratio distorters between crustacean hosts [PDF]

, 1998
Parasitic sex ratio distorters were artificially transferred within and between crustacean host species in order to study the effects of parasitism on host fitness and sex determination and to investigate parasite–host specificity. Implantation of Nosema
Dunn, A.M., Rigaud, T.
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Iflaviruses in arthropods: when small is mighty

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Many arthropod species harbor iflaviruses, which often cause covert (asymptomatic) infections, but may still affect host fitness. We review the impact of iflaviruses on arthropod fitness, immunity, behaviour as well as the iflavirus’ host range, transmission, tissue tropism and the interactions with other microorganisms within arthropods.
Annamaria Mattia, Hannah‐Isadora Huditz, Monique M. van Oers, Vera I.D. Ros   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-Generational Effects of Heat Stress on Fitness and Wolbachia Density in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia symbionts are now being released into the field to control the spread of pathogenic human arboviruses.
Isabelle Jia-Hui Foo, Ary A. Hoffmann, Perran A. Ross   +2 more
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Characterization of the dynamic microbiome evolution across thrips species

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Comprehensive survey of the microbiome in thrips. The dominant bacterial genera found in thrips include intracellular ones, such as Wolbachia and Spiroplasma, and extracellular ones, including Serratia, Pantoea, and Acinetobacter. We isolated and sequenced high‐quality genomes of two dominant symbionts, Pantoea dispersa and Serratia marcescens.
Xiaodi Hu, Zhaohui Shi, Yangwei Gao, Hanze Zheng, Lin Lin, Jian‐Ping Chen, Yong Chen, Chuan‐Xi Zhang, Yiyuan Li   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural Wolbachia infection in field-collected Anopheles and other mosquito species from Malaysia

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background The endosymbiont bacterium Wolbachia is maternally inherited and naturally infects some filarial nematodes and a diverse range of arthropods, including mosquito vectors responsible for disease transmission in humans.
Meng Li Wong, Jonathan Wee Kent Liew, Wai Kit Wong, Sandthya Pramasivan, Norzihan Mohamed Hassan, Wan Yusoff Wan Sulaiman, Nantha Kumar Jeyaprakasam, Cherng Shii Leong, Van Lun Low, Indra Vythilingam   +9 more
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Modeling the transmission of Wolbachia in mosquitoes for controlling mosquito-borne diseases

, 2017
We develop and analyze an ordinary differential equation model to assess the potential effectiveness of infecting mosquitoes with the Wolbachia bacteria to control the ongoing mosquito-borne epidemics, such as dengue fever, chikungunya, and Zika ...
Hyman, James M., Qu, Zhuolin, Xue, Ling
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Stage-specific proteomes from onchocerca ochengi, sister species of the human river blindness parasite, uncover adaptations to a nodular lifestyle [PDF]

, 2016
Despite 40 years of control efforts, onchocerciasis (river blindness) remains one of the most important neglected tropical diseases, with 17 million people affected.
Adam, Altschul, Altschul, Anon, Argueta, Armstrong, Armstrong, Arumugam, Babayan, Bazzocchi, Bendtsen, Benjamini, Bennuru, Bennuru, Berry, Berry, Board, Boatin, Brattig, Brattig, Brophy, Bulman, Burbelo, Burchard, Burket, Butler, Chandrashekar, Chawade, Chhabra, Choi, Claros, Constam, Cooray, Crump, Darby, Darby, Desjardins, Duckert, Edgar, Edwards, Erttmann, Finn, Franceschini, Frank, Gallin, Gardon, GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators, Geary, Ghali, Ghedin, Ghosh, Gilbert, Globisch, Godel, Gomez-Escobar, Gopal, Gotenstein, Gottsch, Grainger, Gretes, Guan, Guiliano, Hansen, Henrichfreise, Hewitson, Hewitson, Hewitson, Hotez, Hunter, Ichishita, Joseph, Joza, Kanazawa, Klion, Ko, Koonin, Korten, Krogh, Larkin, Li, Li, Liebau, Liebau, Liebau, Liebau, Littler, Liu, Longo, Lu, Lundquist, Lustigman, Lustigman, Mackenzie, Makepeace, Marti, McGarry, McSorley, Melnikow, Meyer, Michalski, Morales-Hojas, Moreno, Moreno, Morris, Mossmann, Nana-Djeunga, Nfon, Nicholson, Nomura, Ohtsuki, Ohtsuki, Osei-Atweneboana, Page, Pant, Parra, Petersen, Plaisier, Quintana, Ranjan, Rew, Rogalski, Roth, Saitou, Schulz-Key, Schulz-Key, Scocchi, Sheehan, Silva, Sommer, Srivastava, Tamarozzi, Tanikawa, Taylor, Tchakouté, Ternent, Tew, Thompson, Tiwari, Trees, Vogel, Wahl, Waterhouse, Westermann, Wildenburg, Willenbucher, Wilson, Wisniewski, Wu, Wu, Xie, Xie, Yamaguchi, Yang, Yasuda, Zanetti, Zipfel   +155 more
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Multiparasitism Resolves the Apparent Paradox of High Male Pheromone Investment Despite Frequent Within‐Host Mating in a Parasitoid

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
It is unknown why males of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia giraulti produce large amounts of a costly sex pheromone although they were long thought to mate with their females already before emergence within the host. Mated females do no longer respond to the pheromone.
Martina Wendler, Verena Engl, Joachim Ruther   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vectors and Vector‐Borne Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology and Integrated Control Strategies

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vector‐Borne Diseases (VBDs), transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and sandflies, represent a significant threat to global health. These diseases can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths.
Roberta Rinaldi, Carmen Scieuzo, Federica De Stefano, Luca Masucci, Patrizia Falabella   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A cellular basis for Wolbachia recruitment to the host germline. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2007
Wolbachia are among the most widespread intracellular bacteria, carried by thousands of metazoan species. The success of Wolbachia is due to efficient vertical transmission by the host maternal germline.
Laura R Serbus, William Sullivan
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