- Journal
- TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY
- Année
- 2013
- Volume
- 29
- Numéro
- 8
- Pages
- 385-393
- Mois
- AUG
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pt.2013.06.003
Abstract
Wolbachia pipientis is the most common bacterial infection in the animal world and wields a vast influence on invertebrate reproduction, sex determination, speciation, and behavior worldwide. These avenues of research have made seminal gains, including the latest use of Wolbachia to alter mosquito populations and a strengthened focus on using anti-Wolbachia therapies against filarial nematode infections. This work is further bolstered by a more refined knowledge of Wolbachia biology spanning mechanisms to relevance. Here we tally the most up-to-date knowledge in the field and review the immense implications that this global infection has for the basic and applied life sciences.