Super- or single infection : Wolbachia supergrouping of wild mosquito populations from varied location types in Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Noor Shazleen Husnie Mohd Mohtar, Emelia Osman, Mohd Farihan Md Yatim, Aishah Hani Azil
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18345/1/3.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18345/; https://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid51bil1_2022/KandunganJilid51Bil1_2022.html
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Wolbachia has the ability to cause reproductive abnormalities in infected hosts including cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). CI is activated when there are multiple Wolbachia supergroups or strains infection present in insect populations. Wolbachia-transinfected mosquitoes have been used widely in so...