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| Title |
A Wolbachia triple-strain infection generates self-incompatibility in Aedes albopictus and transmission instability in Aedes aegypti
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| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, May 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13071-018-2870-0 |
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| Authors |
Thomas H. Ant, Steven P. Sinkins |
| Abstract |
Artificially-introduced transinfections of the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis have the potential to reduce the vectorial capacity of mosquito populations for viruses such as dengue and chikungunya. Aedes albopictus has two native strains of Wolbachia, but their replacement with the non-native wMel strain blocks transmission of both viruses. The pattern of cytoplasmic incompatiiblity generated by wMel with wild-types is bidirectional. Novel-plus-native-strain co-infection is predicted to lead to a more efficient population spread capacity; from a bi-directional to a uni-directional cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) model. A novel-plus-native-strain triple-infection in Ae. albopictus (wAlbAwAlbBwMel) was generated. Although triple-infected females were fully reproductively viable with uninfected males, they displayed self-incompatibility. qPCR of specific strains in dissected tissues suggested that this may be due to the displacement of one of the native strains (wAlbA) from the ovaries of triple-infected females. When the triple strain infection was transferred into Aedes aegypti it displayed an unexpectedly low level of transmission fidelity of the three strains in this species. These results suggest that combining Wolbachia strains can lead to co-infection interactions that can affect outcomes of CI and maternal transmission. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Panama | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Spain | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Scientists | 2 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 80 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 80 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 15 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 14% |
| Unknown | 18 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 26% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 18 | 23% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 21 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 August 2018.
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#8,135,168
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Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#1,924
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#127,902
of 332,541 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#56
of 146 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,307,660 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 67th percentile.
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