Wolbachia is currently being developed as a novel tool to block the transmission of dengue
viruses (DENV) by Aedes aegypti. A number of mechanisms have been proposed to explain …

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

Wolbachia bacteria are now being introduced into Aedes aegypti mosquito populations for
dengue control. When Wolbachia infections are at a high frequency, they influence the local …

A novel form of biological control is being applied to the dengue virus. The agent is the
maternally transmitted bacterium Wolbachia, naturally absent from the main dengue vector …

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 …

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

Wolbachia pipientis is an insect endosymbiont known to limit the replication of viruses
including dengue and Zika in their primary mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti. Wolbachia is …

Genetic strategies that reduce or block pathogen transmission by mosquitoes are being
investigated as a means to augment current control measures. Strategies of vector …

Background Wolbachia is a maternally transmitted intracellular bacterium that is estimated to
infect up to 65% of insect species, but it is not naturally present in Anopheles malaria …

Background Wolbachia inherited intracellular bacteria can manipulate the reproduction of
their insect hosts through cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), and certain strains have also been …