Search Results - "O’Neill, S. L."

Successful establishment of Wolbachia in Aedes populations to suppress dengue transmission by Hoffmann, A. A., Montgomery, B. L., Popovici, J., Iturbe-Ormaetxe, I., Johnson, P. H., Muzzi, F., Greenfield, M., Durkan, M., Leong, Y. S., Dong, Y., Cook, H., Axford, J., Callahan, A. G., Kenny, N., Omodei, C., McGraw, E. A., Ryan, P. A., Ritchie, S. A., Turelli, M., O’Neill, S. L.

“…Wolbachia used to counter dengue fever The mosquito-borne viral disease dengue fever is an increasing problem in tropical and subtropical regions. Traditional…”
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The wMel Wolbachia strain blocks dengue and invades caged Aedes aegypti populations by Walker, T., Johnson, P. H., Moreira, L. A., Iturbe-Ormaetxe, I., Frentiu, F. D., McMeniman, C. J., Leong, Y. S., Dong, Y., Axford, J., Kriesner, P., Lloyd, A. L., Ritchie, S. A., O’Neill, S. L., Hoffmann, A. A.

“…Wolbachia used to counter dengue fever The mosquito-borne viral disease dengue fever is an increasing problem in tropical and subtropical regions. Traditional…”
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Taxonomic status of the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis by Lo, N, Paraskevopoulos, C, Bourtzis, K, O'Neill, S. L, Werren, J. H, Bordenstein, S. R, Bandi, C

“…1 School of Biological Sciences and Sydney University Biological Informatics and Technology Centre, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 2 Department…”
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Dynamics of the "popcorn" Wolbachia infection in outbred Aedes aegypti informs prospects for mosquito vector control by Yeap, H L, Mee, P, Walker, T, Weeks, A R, O'Neill, S L, Johnson, P, Ritchie, S A, Richardson, K M, Doig, C, Endersby, N M, Hoffmann, A A

“…Forty percent of the world's population is at risk of contracting dengue virus, which produces dengue fever with a potentially fatal hemorrhagic form. The…”
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Variable Infection Frequency and High Diversity of Multiple Strains of Wolbachia pipientis in Perkinsiella Planthoppers by Hughes, G.L, Allsopp, P.G, Brumbley, S.M, Woolfit, M, McGraw, E.A, O'Neill, S.L

“…This survey of Wolbachia infections in populations of the planthoppers Perkinsiella saccharicida and Perkinsiella vitiensis revealed variable frequencies,…”
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Wolbachia Density and Virulence Attenuation after Transfer into a Novel Host by McGraw, E. A., Merritt, D. J., Droller, J. N., O'Neill, S. L.

“…The factors that control replication rate of the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis in its insect hosts are unknown and difficult to explore, given…”
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Functional test of the influence of Wolbachia genes on cytoplasmic incompatibility expression in Drosophila melanogaster by Yamada, R, Iturbe-Ormaetxe, I, Brownlie, J.C, O'Neill, S.L

“…Wolbachia are inherited intracellular bacteria that infect a broad range of invertebrate hosts. They commonly manipulate host reproduction in a variety of ways…”
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Wolbachia neither induces nor suppresses transcripts encoding antimicrobial peptides by Bourtzis, K., Pettigrew, M. M., O'Neill, S. L.

“…Wolbachia are intracellular maternally inherited microorganisms that are associated with reproductive abnormalities such as cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI),…”
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The potential of virulent Wolbachia to modulate disease transmission by insects by Brownstein, J.S, Hett, E, O’Neill, S.L

“…A virulent strain of Wolbachia has recently been identified in Drosophila that drastically reduces adult lifespan. It has been proposed that this phenotype…”
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Wolbachia infection does not alter attraction of the mosquito Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti to human odours by TURLEY, A. P, SMALLEGANGE, R. C, TAKKEN, W, ZALUCKI, M. P, O'NEILL, S. L, MCGRAW, E. A

“…The insect endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) is undergoing field trials around the world to determine if it can reduce…”
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Wolbachia-mediated sperm modification is dependent on the host genotype in Drosophila by McGraw, E. A., Merritt, D. J., Droller, J. N., O'Neill, S. L.

“…density, is also governed by unknown factors that are influenced by both host and bacterial genomes. Here, we compare the behaviour of the…”
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Wolbachia Superinfections and the Expression of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility by Sinkins, S. P., Braig, H. R., O'Neill, S. L.

“…Strains of Drosophila simulans from Riverside, California (DSR) and Hawaii (DSH) harbour distinct strains of the cytoplasmic incompatibility microorganism…”
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Improved accuracy of the transcriptional profiling method of age grading in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes under laboratory and semi-field cage conditions and in the presence of Wolbachia infection by Caragata, E.P, Poinsignon, A, Moreira, L.A, Johnson, P.H, Leong, Y.S, Ritchie, S.A, O'Neill, S.L, McGraw, E.A

“…Transcriptional profiling is an effective method of predicting age in the mosquito Aedes aegypti in the laboratory, however, its effectiveness is limited to…”
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A Rapid Single-Step Multiplex Method for Discriminating Between Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Species in Australia by Davies, A. P., Lange, C. L., O’Neill, S. L.

“…Inaccurate species identification confounds insect ecological studies. Examining aspects of Trichogramma ecology pertinent to the novel insect resistance…”
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Wolbachia infections and the expression of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila sechellia and D. mauritiana by Giordano, R. (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.), O'Neill, S.L, Robertson, H.M

“…Various stocks of Drosophila mauritiana and D. sechellia were found to be infected with Wolbachia, a Rickettsia-like bacterium that is known to cause…”
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Interspecific and intraspecific horizontal transfer of Wolbachia in Drosophila by Boyle, L, O'Neill, S.L, Robertson, H.M, Karr, T.L

“…Cytoplasmic incompatibility (Cl) in Drosophila simulans is related to infection of the germ line by a rickettsial endosymbiont (genus Wolbachia). Wolbachia…”
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In Vitro Rearing of Perkinsiella saccharicida and the Use of Leaf Segments to Assay Fiji disease virus Transmission by Hughes, G.L, Allsopp, P.G, Brumbley, S.M, Johnson, K.N, O'Neill, S.L

“…Fiji leaf gall (FLG) is caused by the Reovirus, Fiji disease virus (FDV), which is transmitted to sugarcane by planthoppers of the genus Perkinsiella. Low…”
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Genome Evolution of Wolbachia Strain wPip from the Culex pipiens Group by Klasson, Lisa, Walker, Thomas, Sebaihia, Mohammed, Sanders, Mandy J., Quail, Michael A., Lord, Angela, Sanders, Susanne, Earl, Julie, O'Neill, Scott L., Thomson, Nicholas, Sinkins, Steven P., Parkhill, Julian

“…The obligate intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis strain wPip induces cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), patterns of crossing sterility, in the Culex…”
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Host age effect and expression of cytoplasmic incompatibility in field populations of Wolbachia-superinfected Aedes albopictus by Kittayapong, P, Mongkalangoon, P, Baimai, V, O'Neill, S L

“…The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), is a known vector of dengue in South America and Southeast Asia. It is naturally superinfected with two…”
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Rescuing Wolbachia have been overlooked by Bourtzis, Kostas, Dobson, Stephen L, Braig, Henk R, O'Neill, Scott L

“…Wolbachia, intracellular bacteria transmitted through the egg, have been estimated to infect more than 16% of all insect species, as well as other arthropods…”
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