Table 1.
Detections of Wolbachia in natural populations of Aedes aegypti
| Location | Collection date(s) | Evidence for infection | Infection frequency (n tested) | Supergroup | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville, Florida, USA | July 2014 | Molecular detection (16S rRNA sequencing, MLST) | Not specified | A and B | Coon et al. (2016) |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Not specified | Molecular detection (wsp) | 25% (16) | Unknown | Teo, Lim, Voon, and Mak (2017) |
| Nakhon Nayok, Thailand | 2008 | Molecular detection (16S and 18S rRNA sequencing) | Not specified | C, others | Thongsripong et al. (2018) |
| Houston, Texas, USA | Not specified | Molecular detection (16S rRNA sequencing) | Not specified | Unknown | Hegde et al. (2018) |
| Tamil Nadu, India | August 2015 | Molecular detection (16S rRNA, wsp, ftsZ, MLST) | Not specified | B | Balaji, Jayachandran, and Prabagaran (2019) |
| Electron microscopy | |||||
| qPCR across developmental stages and tissues | |||||
| Removal through antibiotic treatment | |||||
| New Mexico and Florida, USA | 2016, 2017 | Molecular detection (PCR, LAMP) | 44.8% (194) | B | Kulkarni et al. (2019) |
| Maternal transmission | |||||
| Manila, Philippines | May 2014–January 2015 | Molecular detection (wsp, 16S rDNA) | 11.9% (672) | A, B, C, D and J | Carvajal, Hashimoto, Harnandika, Amalin, and Watanabe (2019) |
| Panama | Not specified | Molecular detection (16S rRNA sequencing) | 0.2% (490) | Unknown | Bennett et al. (2019) |