{"id":997,"date":"2021-07-14T11:26:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picmybug.com\/?p=997"},"modified":"2021-07-31T01:15:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T01:15:21","slug":"aedes-albopictus-unpleasant-yes-but-we-need-to-talk-about-wolbachia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picmybug.com\/en\/aedes-albopictus-unpleasant-yes-but-we-need-to-talk-about-wolbachia\/sorted-by-country\/singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Aedes albopictus &#8211; Unpleasant, yes, but we need to talk about Wolbachia!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-1011\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-1011\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-1006\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 3px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-right: 3px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/picmybug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Tiger-mosquito.jpg?fit=2364%2C1773&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"envira-gallery-1011 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery1011\" title=\"Tiger mosquito\" data-envira-caption=\"Tiger mosquito\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-1006\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/picmybug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Tiger-mosquito.jpg?fit=880%2C660&#038;ssl=1\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/picmybug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Tiger-mosquito.jpg?fit=880%2C660&#038;ssl=1\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"1011\" data-envira-item-id=\"1006\" data-envira-caption=\"Tiger mosquito\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tiger mosquito\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/picmybug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Tiger-mosquito.jpg?fit=880%2C660&#038;ssl=1 400w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/picmybug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Tiger-mosquito.jpg?fit=880%2C660&#038;ssl=1 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/picmybug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Tiger-mosquito.jpg?fit=2364%2C1773&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Tiger mosquito (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0001706X13002908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">compare the white marks on the back with A. aegypti<\/a>) in action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mosquitos are known as the group of animals that is responsible for the most fatalities (followed by humans and snakes usually). This is, as we know because they carry some serious diseases. The Tiger mosquito potentially carries yellow fever virus, dengue fever, and Chikungunya fever. It has spread around the globe and is in 4th place within the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iucngisd.org\/gisd\/100_worst.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">100 worst invasive species<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/picmybug.com\/en\/lissachatina-fulica-no-2-hiding-behind-a-tree\/sorted-by-country\/singapore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">African Landsnail<\/a> is No. 2, and we will also see No. 3 on picmybug in the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aedes (established by the German Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1818) is Greek and means unpleasant. I guess we all agree to that. So how to deal with the deadliest animal on the planet? There is more than N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide and genetic modification! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main act in our story is called Wolbachia! This is a naturally occurring bacterium that lives in arthropods. Members of this genus are everywhere, they are said to be the most common parasite on earth. And they have power. These bacteria change the biology of their hosts to their benefit. It reads like science fiction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine you are a bacterium, and you can only spread via the eggs of your host. How would you increase your chances? You could kill the male eggs so that more females can live and lay more eggs. Or you turn males into females \u2013 more eggs for you. Or why not enable parthenogenesis, so that females don\u2019t need any male at all to lay fertile eggs? And of course, you can hinder males to reproduce with non-infected females, because males cannot spread your brood. Ah, and why not make infected females fitter, healthier, and more productive, that would also help to spread you. Unbelievable, all these are possible techniques for Wolbachia, the most common parasite in the world, to spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the last point closes the arch to mosquito-transmitted infections: Wolbachia-infected mosquitos are resistant to such viruses. Means when you spread Wolbachia within mosquitos, they won\u2019t carry dengue or yellow fever. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldmosquitoprogram.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here <\/a>for more information, it is happening for years already! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And just a side-note, there are more than 10,000 microbial species in our body&#8230; Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/nih-human-microbiome-project-defines-normal-bacterial-makeup-body\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tiger mosquito (compare the white marks on the back with A. aegypti) in action. Mosquitos are known as the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/picmybug.com\/en\/aedes-albopictus-unpleasant-yes-but-we-need-to-talk-about-wolbachia\/sorted-by-country\/singapore\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aedes albopictus &#8211; Unpleasant, yes, but we need to talk about Wolbachia!<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,4],"tags":[106,105,21],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insects","category-singapore","tag-bacteria","tag-mosquito","tag-singapore"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aedes albopictus - Unpleasant, yes, but we need to talk about Wolbachia! - Welcome<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Natural occuring bacteria to control mosquitoes sounds like a far away future, but it is already happening! 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