Background Wolbachia is a widespread bacterial endosymbiont that can inhibit vector
competency when stably transinfected into the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, a primary vector of …

Insect–symbiont interactions are known to play key roles in host functions and fitness. The
common insect endosymbiont Wolbachia can reduce the ability of several human …

Background Dengue virus (DENV) is primarily vectored by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, and
is estimated to cause 390 million human infections annually. A novel method for DENV …

Wolbachia, an endosymbiotic alpha-proteobacterium commonly found in insects, can inhibit
the transmission of human pathogens by mosquitoes. Biocontrol programs are underway …

Background Wolbachia is a bacterial endosymbiont that naturally infects a wide range of
insect species, and causes drastic changes to host biology. Stable infections of Wolbachia in …

Wolbachia pipientis (= Wolbachia) has promise as a tool to suppress virus transmission by
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. However, Wolbachia can have variable effects on mosquito …

Wolbachia are endosymbiont bacteria known to infect arthropods causing different effects,
such as cytoplasmic incompatibility and pathogen blocking in Aedes aegypti. Although …

The bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia is a biocontrol tool that inhibits the ability of the
Aedes aegypti mosquito to transmit positive-sense RNA viruses such as dengue and Zika …

Over evolutionary time, Wolbachia has been repeatedly transferred between host species
contributing to the widespread distribution of the symbiont in arthropods. For novel infections …

Genetic strategies that reduce or block pathogen transmission by mosquitoes have been
proposed as a means of augmenting current control measures to reduce the growing burden …