The non-virulent Wolbachia strain w Mel and the life-shortening strain w MelPop-CLA, both
originally from Drosophila melanogaster, have been stably introduced into the mosquito …

Background Wolbachia infections confer protection for their insect hosts against a range of
pathogens including bacteria, viruses, nematodes and the malaria parasite. A single …

Wolbachia blocks dengue virus replication in Drosophila melanogaster as well as in Aedes
aegypti. Using the Drosophila model and mutations in the Toll and Imd pathways, we …

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 …

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

Wolbachia pipientis from Drosophila melanogaster (w Mel) is an endosymbiotic bacterium
that restricts transmission of human pathogenic flaviviruses and alphaviruses, including …

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 …

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

A host's immune system plays a central role in shaping the composition of the microbiota
and, in return, resident microbes influence immune responses. Symbiotic associations of the …

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 …