Mosquito-borne viruses such as dengue, West Nile and chikungunya viruses cause
significant morbidity and mortality in human populations. Since current methods are not …

Mosquito-borne viruses are known to cause disease in humans and livestock and are often
difficult to control due to the lack of specific antivirals and vaccines. The Wolbachia …

Following transfer into the primary arbovirus vector Aedes aegypti, several strains of the
intracellular bacterium Wolbachia have been shown to inhibit the transmission of dengue …

Novel strategies are required to control mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit. One
attractive approach involves maternally inherited endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria. After …

Arboviruses transmitted by mosquitoes are a major cause of human disease worldwide. The
absence of vaccines and effective vector control strategies has resulted in the need for novel …

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) pose a considerable threat to human and animal
health, yet effective control measures have proven difficult to implement, and novel means of …

Background The bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis has been shown to increase
host resistance to viral infection in native Drosophila hosts and in the normally Wolbachia …

Wolbachia is a maternal transmitted endosymbiotic bacterium that is estimated to infect up to
65% of insect species. The ability of Wolbachia to both induce viral interference and spread …

Mosquitoes transmit a diverse group of human flaviviruses including West Nile, dengue,
yellow fever, and Zika viruses. Mosquitoes are also naturally infected with insect‐specific …

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 …