From: First report of natural Wolbachia infection in the malaria mosquito Anopheles arabiensis in Tanzania
Wolbachia strain | Anopheles species | Type of infection | Maternal transmission | CI | Plasmodium infection | Other phenotypes | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
wAlbB | An. stephensi | Artificial | Yes | Yes | P. falciparum: ↓oocysts; ↓ sporozoites | ↑ immune response | |
P. berghei: ↓ oocysts; ↓ sporozoites | |||||||
wAlbB | An. gambiae | Artificial | No/Yes* | No | P. falciparum: ↓ oocysts | ↑/↓immune response | |
P. berghei: ↑ oocysts | |||||||
wAlbB | An. stephensi | Artificial | No/Yes* | No | P. yoelii: ↑/↓ oocysts**; ↑/↓ sporozoites** | ↑ immune response** | [31] |
wMelPop | An. gambiae | Artificial | No | No | P. falciparum: ↓ oocysts | ↑ immune response | |
P. berghei: ↓/= oocysts | ↓ survival | ||||||
wAnga_BF | An. gambiae; An. coluzzii; An. arabiensis | Natural | Yes | No | P. falciparum: ↓ prevalence | ↑ oviposition rate | |
wAnga_Mali | An. gambiae; An. coluzzii | Natural | Yes | No | P. falciparum: ↓ oocysts; ↓ sporozoites | ? | [14] |
wAnga_TZ | An. arabiensis | Natural | ? | ? | ? | ? | *** |