Wolbachia is one of the most abundant endosymbionts on earth, with a wide distribution
especially in arthropods. Effective maternal transmission and the induction of various …

Dengue is the most common arboviral infection of humans, responsible for a substantial
disease burden across the tropics. Traditional insecticide-based vector-control programmes …

Allee effects are (broadly) defined as a decline in individual fitness at low population size or
density. They can result in critical population thresholds below which populations crash to …

Understanding the dynamics of small populations is obviously important for declining or rare
species but is also particularly important for invading species. The Allee effect, where fitness …

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

Dengue fever is the most common mosquito-borne viral disease. A promising control
strategy targets the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti by releasing the mosquitoes infected by …

Experiments and field trials have shown that the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia may be
introduced into populations of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the primary vector for dengue …

Background The symbiotic bacterium Wolbachia is currently being trialled as a biocontrol
agent in several countries to reduce dengue transmission. Wolbachia can invade and …

Many arthropod species are infected by maternally inherited bacteria that induce
cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). CI causes embryonic mortality in offspring when infected …

Inherited bacteria are now recognized as important players in arthropod evolution and
ecology. Here, we test spiders, a group recently identified as possessing inherited bacteria …