Wolbachia is an endosymbiotic Alphaproteobacteria that can suppress insect-borne
diseases through decreasing host virus transmission (population replacement) or through …

Mosquito species, members of the genera Aedes, Anopheles and Culex, are the major
vectors of human pathogens including protozoa (Plasmodium sp.), filariae and of a variety of …

Wolbachia are endosymbionts found in many insects with the potential to suppress
vectorborne diseases, particularly through interfering with pathogen transmission …

Symbiotic bacteria are known to play important roles in the biology of insects, but the current
knowledge of bacterial communities associated with mosquitoes is very limited and …

Wolbachia are intracellular, maternally inherited bacteria with an impressive history of
adaptation to intracellular lifestyles. Instead of adapting to a single host lineage, Wolbachia …

Wolbachia are maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacteria found within many insect
species. Aedes mosquitoes experimentally infected with Wolbachia are being released into …

Wolbachia endosymbionts are potentially useful tools for suppressing disease transmission
by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes because Wolbachia can interfere with the transmission of …

Background The Philippines bears health and economic burden caused by high dengue
cases annually. Presently, the Philippines still lack an effective and sustainable vector …

The endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia suppresses the capacity for arbovirus transmission
in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, and can spread spatially through wild mosquito populations …

Highlights•All Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens are infected with Wolbachia.•Natural
Wolbachia infections of Anopheles species and of Ae. aegypti have to be …