Scientific publications

Assessing key safety concerns of a Wolbachia-based strategy to control dengue transmission by Aedes mosquitoes.

Beyond the 'back yard': Lay knowledge about Aedes aegypti in northern Australia and its implications for policy and practice.

Field validation of a transcriptional assay for the prediction of age of uncaged Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Northern Australia. 4(2): e608

Cytoplasmic incompatibility in populations with overlapping generations.

Eliminate dengue media release september 2010

A virulent Wolbachia infection decreases the viability of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti during periods of embryonic quiescence. 4(7) e748

Infection with the wMel and wMelPop strains of Wolbachia leads to higher levels of melanization in the hemolymph of Drosophila melanogaster‚ Drosophila simulans and Aedes aegypti. 

Wolbachia-mediated resistance to dengue virus infection and death at the cellular level.

A Wolbachia symbiont in Aedes aegypti disrupts mosquito egg development to a greater extent when mosquitoes feed on nonhuman versus human blood.   

Spatial Waves of Advance with Bistable Dynamics: Cytoplasmic and Genetic Analogues of Allee Effects