About the Authors

Dongjing Zhang

Affiliations Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria, Sun Yat-sen University—Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Xiaoying Zheng

Affiliation Sun Yat-sen University—Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Zhiyong Xi

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University—Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Kostas Bourtzis

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

Jeremie R. L. Gilles

J.Gilles@iaea.org

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

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Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB ZX JG. Performed the experiments: DZ XZ KB ZX JG. Analyzed the data: DZ XZ KB ZX JG. Wrote the paper: DZ KB ZX JG. Provided the triple Wolbachia-infected Ae. albopictus HC strain: ZX. Provided the Wolbachia-free Ae. albopictus GT strain: XZ. Approved the final version of the manuscript: DZ XZ ZX KB JG.