SynthesisFEMS microbiology letters2008
How many species are infected with Wolbachia?--A statistical analysis of current data.
Synthesis in FEMS microbiology letters, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 558 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Applying Wolbachia to Eliminate Dengue (AWED): A Non-blinded Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Wolbachia-infected Mosquito Deployments to Reduce Dengue Incidence in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
World Mosquito Program - Colombia (WMP-COLOMBIA): The Impact of City-wide Deployment of Wolbachia-infected Mosquitoes on Arboviral Disease Incidence in Medellin and Bello, Colombia
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558 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Wolbachia-carrying Aedes mosquitoes for preventing dengue infection.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Cycloheximide, a specific inhibitor of eukaryotic protein synthesis, enhances infection of mosquito cells with Wolbachia.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2026Article
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- Wolbachia in Tephritid Populations from Argentina: New Hosts and First Report of Multiple Infections in Rhagoletotrypeta pastranai.Neotropical entomology · 2026Article
- Genetic diversity of Cimex hemipterus and first report of Wolbachia supergroup T in Tehran, Iran: insights from COI and 16 S rRNA analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Climate predictsbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Identification of Ctenocephalides felis felis and the detection and characterization of associated Wolbachia endosymbiont in Pakistan.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Establishment and characterization of a Wolbachia (wAlbB)-infected Aedes aegypti line (Tw-Kao) for dengue control.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- A Wolbachia lineage likely representing a new supergroup (Y) dominates the microbiome of the quill mite Syringophilus bipectinatus Heller, 1880 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae).Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Wolbachia-driven host miRNAs mediate arthropod reproduction in a Wolbachia density-dependent manner.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Metagenomic sequencing discloses the virome composition of mosquitoes and sandflies from Central-Southern Tuscany, Italy.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Exploration of Wolbachia strains in Amrasca biguttula Ishida (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and its egg parasitoid Trichogramma chilonis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae).BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Diversity of Bacteria.Progress in molecular and subcellular biology · 2026Review
- Ecological and engineered modulation of the mosquito microbiome: mechanisms, vector competence, and translational prospects for disease control.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Wolbachia introgression in Rio de Janeiro remains at sub-optimal levels 30 months after its decline: challenges in the sustainability of wMel interventions for dengue control.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2026Article
- Insect Lipid Metabolism in the Presence of Symbiotic and Pathogenic Viruses and Bacteria.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
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- Differential gene expression in Chorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) induced by Wolbachia infection.Insect science · 2025Article
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- Wolbachia-supplemented B-vitamins are critical for blood digestion in the bed bug Cimex lectularius.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria found in many species of arthropods and nematodes. They manipulate the reproduction of their arthropod hosts in various ways, may play a role in host speciation and have potential applications in biological pest control. Estimates suggest that at least 20% of all insect species are infected with Wolbachia. These estimates result from several Wolbachia screenings in which numerous species were tested for infection; however, tests were mostly performed on only one to two individuals per species. The actual percent of species infected will depend on the distribution of infection frequencies among species. We present a meta-analysis that estimates percentage of infected species based on data on the distribution of infection levels among species. We used a beta-binomial model that describes the distribution of infection frequencies of Wolbachia, shedding light on the overall infection rate as well as on the infection frequency within species. Our main findings are that (1) the proportion of Wolbachia-infected species is estimated to be 66%, and that (2) within species the infection frequency follows a 'most-or-few' infection pattern in a sense that the Wolbachia infection frequency within one species is typically either very high (>90%) or very low (<10%).
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