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ArticleScientific reports2020

The Anopheles coluzzii microbiome and its interaction with the intracellular parasite Wolbachia.

Timothy J Straub, W Robert Shaw, Perrine Marcenac, Simon P Sawadogo, Roch K Dabiré, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Flaminia Catteruccia, Daniel E Neafsey

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Timothy J StraubInfectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02144, USA. tim.straub@broadinstitute.org.
W Robert ShawDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Perrine MarcenacDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Simon P SawadogoInstitut de Recherche en Sciences de La Santé/Centre Muraz, O1 BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso.
Roch K DabiréInstitut de Recherche en Sciences de La Santé/Centre Muraz, O1 BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso.
Abdoulaye DiabatéInstitut de Recherche en Sciences de La Santé/Centre Muraz, O1 BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso.
Flaminia CatterucciaDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Daniel E NeafseyInfectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02144, USA. neafsey@hsph.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USCentre Muraz · BFBroad Institute · US

Funding

Viral Genomics: evolution, spread, and host interactionsU19AI110818 · NIAID · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI NEAFSEY, DANIEL E · 2014 to 2024
$66.5M
Natural Wolbachia infections for the control of Anopheles mosquitoesR21AI117313 · NIAID · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI CATTERUCCIA, FLAMINIA · 2015 to 2016
$444k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI117313NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI110818
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wolbachia, an endosymbiotic alpha-proteobacterium commonly found in insects, can inhibit the transmission of human pathogens by mosquitoes. Biocontrol programs are underway using Aedes aegypti mosquitoes trans-infected with a non-natural Wolbachia strain to reduce dengue virus transmission. Less is known about the impact of Wolbachia on the biology and vectorial capacity of Anopheles mosquitoes, the vectors of malaria parasites. A naturally occurring strain of Wolbachia, wAnga, infects populations of the major malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii in Burkina Faso. Previous studies found wAnga infection was negatively correlated with Plasmodium infection in the mosquito and wAnga influenced mosquito egg-laying behavior. Here, we investigate wAnga in natural populations of An. coluzzii and its interactions with other resident microbiota using targeted 16S sequencing. Though we find no major differences in microbiota composition associated with wAnga infection, we do find several taxa that correlate with the presence or absence of wAnga in female mosquitoes following oviposition, with the caveat that we could not rule out batch effects due to the unanticipated impact of wAnga on oviposition timing. These data suggest wAnga may influence or interact with the Anopheles microbiota, which may contribute to the impact of wAnga on Anopheles biology and vectorial capacity.

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Insect VectorsWolbachiaAnimalsAnophelesBurkina FasoDisease VectorsFemaleHost Microbial InteractionsMalariaMosquito ControlOvipositionVector Borne Diseases

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PMID32796890
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