Wolbachia, a maternally transmitted endosymbiont of insects, is increasingly being seen as
an effective biological control agent that can interfere with transmission of pathogens …

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 …

Drosophila C virus (DCV) is a natural pathogen of Drosophila and a useful model for
studying antiviral defences. The Drosophila host is also commonly infected with the …

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

In this review we examine how exploiting the Wolbachia–mosquito relationship has become
an increasingly popular strategy for controlling arbovirus transmission. Field deployments 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 maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacterium that is estimated to infect up
to 65% of insect species. The ability of Wolbachia to both induce pathogen interference and …

Wolbachia mediates antiviral protection in insect hosts and is being developed as a
potential biocontrol agent to reduce the spread of insect-vectored viruses. Definition of the …

Wolbachia inherited bacteria are able to invade insect populations using cytoplasmic
incompatibility and provide new strategies for controlling mosquito-borne tropical diseases …

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 …