Wolbachia wAlbB inhibit dengue and Zika infection in the mosquito Aedes aegypti with an Australian background
Fig 4
Analysis of genetic equivalency of wAlbB2-F4 strain to Australian Aedes aegypti.
(A) All mosquitoes from the wAlbB2-F4 strain have >98% ancestry (Q-values) from the Australian wild-type strain (and not the WB2 strain), indicating a successful backcrossing procedure. (B) The Wolbachia infected Aedes aegypti wAlbB2-F4 strain has equivalent insecticide susceptibility to the parental Queensland wild type mosquitoes and Ae. aegypti wAlbB2 strains. Survival rates of mosquitoes were recorded following exposure to diagnostic doses of alpha-cypermethrin, cypermethrin and lambda-cyhalothrin using CDC bottle bioassays. Survival rates following exposure to a diagnostic dose of bifenthrin were determined using WHO filter paper assays.