ReviewPLoS biology2017
The spread of Wolbachia through mosquito populations.
Review in PLoS biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.
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- Ecological dynamics of field Aedes albopictus populations under Wolbachia-mediated suppression.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
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- Analysis of Possible Coexistence of Microsporidia, Plasmodium falciparum and Wuchereria bancrofti in Anopheles gambiae s.l within Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.Acta parasitologica · 2025Article
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- Wolbachia infection in Aedes aegypti does not affect its vectorial capacity for Dirofilaria immitis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Infectivity of Plasmodium parasites to Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes maintained on blood-free meals of SkitoSnack.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
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- Impact of the microbiome on mosquito-borne diseases.Protein & cell · 2023Review
- Three species of axenic mosquito larvae recruit a shared core of bacteria in a common garden experiment.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- A standalone incompatible insect technique enables mosquito suppression in the urban subtropics.Communications biology · 2022Article
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Abstract
In many regions of the world, mosquito-borne viruses pose a growing threat to human health. As an alternative to traditional control measures, the bacterial symbiont Wolbachia has been transferred from Drosophila into the mosquito Aedes aegypti, where it can block the transmission of dengue and Zika viruses. A recent paper has reported large-scale releases of Wolbachia-infected Ae. aegypti in the city of Cairns, Australia. Wolbachia, which is maternally transmitted, invaded and spread through the populations due to a sperm-egg incompatibility called cytoplasmic incompatibility. Over a period of 2 years, a wave of Wolbachia infection slowly spread out from 2 release sites, demonstrating that it will be possible to deploy this strategy in large urban areas. In line with theoretical predictions, Wolbachia infection at a third, smaller release site collapsed due to the immigration of Wolbachia-free mosquitoes from surrounding areas. This remarkable field experiment has both validated theoretical models of Wolbachia population dynamics and demonstrated that this is a viable strategy to modify mosquito populations.
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