Perran Ross

Distribution of Wolbachia infection in butterflies (Lepidoptera): First systematic report from Thailand

P Boonsit, I Wiwatanaratanabutr, PA Ross, F Grandjean, C Austin, S Kramchote

Journal article  |  2023  |  Oriental Insects

Wolbachia is a genus of Rickettsia-like bacteria that infects a broad range of insect species throughout the world. It often influ..

Developing Wolbachia-based disease interventions for an extreme environment.

Perran A Ross, Samia Elfekih, Sophie Collier, Melissa J Klein, Su Shyan Lee, Michael Dunn, Sarah Jackson, Yexin Zhang, Jason K Axford, Xinyue Gu, Jessica L Home, Majed S Nassar, Prasad N Paradkar, Essam A Tawfik, Francis M Jiggins, Abdulaziz M Almalik, Mohamed B Al-Fageeh, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2023  |  PLoS Pathog

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying self-spreading, virus-blocking Wolbachia bacteria are being deployed to suppress dengue transmis..

Fitness costs of Wolbachia shift in locally-adapted Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

Perran A Ross, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2022  |  Environ Microbiol

Aedes aegypti mosquito eggs can remain quiescent for many months before hatching, allowing populations to persist through unfavour..

Wolbachia inhibits ovarian formation and increases blood feeding rate in female Aedes aegypti

Meng-Jia Lau, Perran A Ross, Nancy M Endersby-Harshman, Qiong Yang, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Wolbachia, a gram-negative endosymbiotic bacterium widespread in arthropods, is well-known for changing the reproduction of its ho..

Genomic and Phenotypic Comparisons Reveal Distinct Variants of Wolbachia Strain wAlbB

Julien Martinez, Perran A Ross, Xinyue Gu, Thomas H Ant, Shivan M Murdochy, Lily Tong, Ana da Silva Filipe, Ary A Hoffmann, Steven P Sinkins

Journal article  |  2022  |  APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The intracellular bacterium Wolbachia inhibits virus replication and is being harnessed around the world to fight mosquito-borne d..

Fungicides have transgenerational effects on Rhopalosiphum padi but not their endosymbionts

Evatt Chirgwin, Qiong Yang, Paul A Umina, Alex Gill, Safi Soleimannejad, Xinyue Gu, Perran Ross, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2022  |  PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

BACKGROUND: While several agricultural fungicides are known to directly affect invertebrate pests, including aphids, the mechanism..

Sex-specific distribution and classification of Wolbachia infections and mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in Aedes albopictus from the Indo-Pacific.

Qiong Yang, Jessica Chung, Katie L Robinson, Thomas L Schmidt, Perran A Ross, Jiaxin Liang, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLoS Negl Trop Dis

The arbovirus vector Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) is common throughout the Indo-Pacific region, where most global dengu..

A wMel Wolbachia variant in Aedes aegypti from field-collected Drosophila melanogaster with increased phenotypic stability under heat stress

Xinyue Gu, Perran A Ross, Julio Rodriguez-Andres, Katie L Robinson, Qiong Yang, Meng-Jia Lau, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2022  |  ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Mosquito-borne diseases remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Population replacement strategies involving the wMel stra..

Experimental models of ecological niches for African swine fever virus.

SA Hakobyan, PA Ross, NV Bayramyan, AA Poghosyan, AS Avetisyan, HR Avagyan, LH Hakobyan, LO Abroyan, LJ Harutyunova, ZA Karalyan

Journal article  |  2022  |  Vet Microbiol

In this study, we investigated the possible biological factors affecting the survival of the African swine fever virus (ASFV) in t..

A decade of stability for wMel Wolbachia in natural Aedes aegypti populations

Perran P Ross, Katie M Robinson, Qiong Yang, Ashley A Callahan, Thomas Schmidt, Jason Axford, Marianne A Coquilleau, Kyran Staunton, Michael Townsend, Scott Ritchie, Meng-Jia Lau, Xinyue Gu, Ary Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS PATHOGENS

Mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia endosymbionts are being released in many countries for arbovirus control. The wMel strain of Wolbach..