Infection of anopheline mosquitoes with Wolbachia: Implications for malaria control

• Published in: PLoS pathogens Vol. 14; no. 11; p. e1007333
• Main Authors: Gomes, Fabio M, Barillas-Mury, Carolina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.11.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Allergies; Animals; Anopheles; Anopheles - microbiology; Anophelinae; Aquatic insects; Biology and Life Sciences; Control; Culicidae; Ecological effects; Ecological monitoring; Eggs; Hypersensitivity; Immunity; Infections; Infectious diseases; Insect Vectors; Insecticides; Insects; Laboratories; Malaria; Malaria - metabolism; Malaria - prevention & control; Malaria - virology; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mosquitoes; Pearls; Research and Analysis Methods; Rickettsial diseases; Vector-borne diseases; Viral infections; Viruses; West Nile virus; Wolbachia; Wolbachia - virology; Africa; Mali; United States > US; Maryland
• ISSN: 1553-7374; 1553-7366; 1553-7374
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007333

About the Authors: Fabio M. Gomes * E-mail: fabio.mendoncagomes@nih.gov (FMG); cbarillas@niaid.nih.gov (CBM) Affiliation: Mosquito Immunity and Vector Competence Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8439-8762 Carolina Barillas-Mury * E-mail: fabio.mendoncagomes@nih.gov (FMG); cbarillas@niaid.nih.gov (CBM) Affiliation: Mosquito Immunity and Vector Competence Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America Citation: Gomes FM, Barillas-Mury C (2018) Infection of anopheline mosquitoes with Wolbachia: Implications for malaria control. PLoS Pathog 14(11): e1007333. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007333 Editor: Audrey Ragan Odom, Washington University School of Medicine, UNITED STATES Published: November 15, 2018 This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. Because confounding environmental or ecological variables could influence the analysis of field-collected mosquitoes, a colony of wAnga-Mali-infected A. coluzzii was established. Wolbachia infections are virulent and inhibit the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in Anopheles gambiae.