2023
Genomic and phenotypic analyses suggest moderate fitness differences among Zika virus lineages
Oliveira G, Vogels C, Zolfaghari A, Saraf S, Klitting R, Weger-Lucarelli J, P Leon K, Ontiveros C, Agarwal R, Tsetsarkin K, Harris E, Ebel G, Wohl S, Grubaugh N, Andersen K. Genomic and phenotypic analyses suggest moderate fitness differences among Zika virus lineages. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2023, 17: e0011055. PMID: 36753510, PMCID: PMC9907835, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman primary cellsFitness differencesVirus lineagesRapid molecular evolutionPrimary cellsShort generation timeAmino acid sitesFitness changesHigh mutation ratePhenotypic evolutionMolecular evolutionPositive selectionMutation rateLineagesPhenotypic analysisPhenotypic changesRNA virusesGeneration timeRecombinant virusesAedes aegypti mosquitoesReplicative fitnessFitnessAegypti mosquitoesMosquitoesZika virus
2014
Fitness consequences of larval exposure to Beauveria bassiana on adults of the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi
Vogels CB, Bukhari T, Koenraadt CJ. Fitness consequences of larval exposure to Beauveria bassiana on adults of the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. Journal Of Invertebrate Pathology 2014, 119: 19-24. PMID: 24694552, DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.03.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult stageLarval stagesB. bassianaMalaria mosquitoesLarval exposureBeauveria bassianaSex ratioEntomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassianaFungus Beauveria bassianaNon-exposed femalesMalaria vector AnophelesFitness consequencesReproductive successBiological controlEntomopathogenic fungiLarvalEqual survivalVector AnophelesBassianaLarval treatmentFungiFitnessAnopheles stephensi femalesLarvaeMosquitoes