Q fever is a widespread zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii, a ubiquitous
intracellular bacterium infecting humans and a variety of animals. Transmission is primarily …

Drosophila suzukii, a vinegar fly originated from Southeast Asia, has recently invaded
western countries, and it has been recognized as an important threat of a wide variety of …

Groundbreaking research on the universality and diversity of microorganisms is now
challenging the life sciences to upgrade fundamental theories that once seemed …

The sterile womb paradigm is an enduring premise in biology that human infants are born
sterile. Recent studies suggest that infants incorporate an initial microbiome before birth and …

The bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia manipulates arthropod reproduction to facilitate its
maternal spread through host populations. The most common manipulation is cytoplasmic …

Wolbachia are maternally inherited, intracellular bacteria at the forefront of vector control
efforts to curb arbovirus transmission. In international field trials, the cytoplasmic …

Wolbachia are maternally inherited bacteria that infect arthropod species worldwide and are
deployed in vector control to curb arboviral spread using cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). CI …

Dengue is considered to be the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the world.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, its vector, is highly anthropophilic and is very well adapted to …

Most human filarial nematode parasites and arthropods are hosts for a bacterial
endosymbiont, Wolbachia. In filaria, Wolbachia are required for normal development, fertility …

The potential role of Wolbachia in controlling the transmiss... : Current Opinion in Infectious
Diseases The potential role of Wolbachia in controlling the transmission of emerging human …