Dirofilariasis represents a zoonotic mosaic, which includes two main filarial species
(Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens) that have adapted to canine, feline, and human hosts with …

Filarial nematodes are important helminth parasites of the tropics and a leading cause of
global disability. They include species responsible for onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis …

The genus Wolbachia is an archetype of maternally inherited intracellular bacteria that infect
the germline of numerous invertebrate species worldwide. They can selfishly alter arthropod …

Complete genome DNA sequence and analysis is presented for Wolbachia, the obligate
alpha-proteobacterial endosymbiont required for fertility and survival of the human filarial …

To provide data that can be used to inform treatment and prevention strategies for zoonotic
pathogens in animal and human populations, we assessed the occurrence of zoonotic …

Insect Symbiosis summarizes the current knowledge of the relationship between symbiotic
organisms and their insect hosts and provides an unparalleled analysis of cutting-edge …

The Wolbachia endosymbionts encompass a large group of intracellular bacteria of
biomedical and veterinary relevance, closely related to Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and …

Background The identification of free-living marine nematodes is difficult because of the
paucity of easily scorable diagnostic morphological characters. Consequently, molecular …

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

Progress toward answering several remaining questions about Wolbachia evolution—such
as which of their host effects are primitive and which are derived, the type of animals they …