Wolbachia prevalence, diversity, and ability to induce cytoplasmic incompatibility in mosquitoes
2019
To protect humans and domestic animals from
mosquito borne diseases, alternative methods to chemical insecticides have to be found. Pilot studies using the vertically transmitted bacterial endosymbiont
Wolbachiawere already launched in different parts of the world.
Wolbachiacan be used either in Incompatible Insect Technique (IIT), to decrease mosquito population, or to decrease the ability of mosquitoes to transmit pathogens. Not all mosquito species are naturally infected with
Wolbachia: while in
Culex pipiensand
Aedes albopictusalmost all individuals harbor
Wolbachia, putative infections have to be further investigated in
Anophelesspecies and in
Aedes aegypti. All
Wolbachia-based control methods rely on the ability of
Wolbachiato induce
cytoplasmic incompatibility(CI) resulting in embryonic death in incompatible crossings. Knowledge on CI diversity in mosquito is required to find the better
Wolbachia-mosquito associations to optimize the success of both ‘sterile insect’ and ‘pathogen blocking’
Wolbachia-based methods.
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