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1 September 2013 Wolbachia Re-Replacement without Incompatibility: Potential for Intended and Unintended Consequences
Philip R. Crain, Philip H. Crowley, Stephen L. Dobson
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Abstract

Recent releases of mosquitoes infected with different Wolbachia types into Australia have led to conditions that have not been observed naturally and that have not been considered theoretically. In an ongoing public health campaign, two Wolbachia infection types have been introduced, and the infections differ in their fitness cost imposed on the host mosquito. The dynamics of each infection type as it interacts with the indigenous uninfected host population have been previously examined via models and empirical tests. Here we conduct a modeling analysis to predict the dynamics when the two infection types do not remain geographically isolated. The results demonstrate the potential replacement and loss of the more costly infection type, which may not be the desired public health outcome.

© 2013 Entomological Society of America
Philip R. Crain, Philip H. Crowley, and Stephen L. Dobson "Wolbachia Re-Replacement without Incompatibility: Potential for Intended and Unintended Consequences," Journal of Medical Entomology 50(5), 1152-1158, (1 September 2013). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME12263
Received: 30 November 2012; Accepted: 1 June 2013; Published: 1 September 2013
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KEYWORDS
Aedes aegypti
disease control
population dynamics
population replacement
Wolbachia
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