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Peter E. Cook
Researcher at University of Oxford
Publications - 16
Citations - 1503
Peter E. Cook is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wolbachia & Aedes aegypti. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 16 publications receiving 1320 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter E. Cook include County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust & University of Queensland.
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Immune Activation by Life-Shortening Wolbachia and Reduced Filarial Competence in Mosquitoes
TL;DR: WMelPop is shown to induce up-regulation of the mosquito’s innate immune system and that its presence inhibits the development of filarial nematodes in the mosquito, suggesting that wMelPop could be used in the global effort to eliminate lymphatic filariasis and possibly for the control of other mosquito-borne parasites where immune preactivation inhibits their development.
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Local introduction and heterogeneous spatial spread of dengue-suppressing Wolbachia through an urban population of Aedes aegypti
Thomas L Schmidt,Nicholas H. Barton,Gordana Rašić,Andrew P. Turley,Brian L. Montgomery,Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe,Peter E. Cook,Peter A. Ryan,Scott A. Ritchie,Ary A. Hoffmann,Scott Leslie O'Neill,Michael Turelli +11 more
TL;DR: The persistence and spread of Wolbachia in release areas meeting minimum area requirements indicates the promise of successful large-scale population transformation of urban mosquito populations.
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Field evaluation of the establishment potential of wMelPop Wolbachia in Australia and Vietnam for dengue control.
Tran Hien Nguyen,H. Le Nguyen,Thu Yen Nguyen,Sinh Nam Vu,Nhu Duong Tran,T. N. Le,Quang Mai Vien,T. C. Bui,Huu Tho Le,Simon Kutcher,Tim P. Hurst,Thi Hong Duong,Jason A. L. Jeffery,Jonathan M. Darbro,Brian H. Kay,Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe,Jean Popovici,Brian L. Montgomery,Andrew P. Turley,Flora Zigterman,Helen Cook,Peter E. Cook,Petrina H. Johnson,Peter A. Ryan,Christopher J. Paton,Scott A. Ritchie,Cameron P. Simmons,Cameron P. Simmons,Scott Leslie O'Neill,Ary A. Hoffmann +29 more
TL;DR: These findings highlight challenges associated with releasing Wolbachia-Ae.
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Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and the mosquito Aedes aegypti
TL;DR: The data support the argument that HGT between Wolbachia endosymbiotic bacteria and their hosts has produced evolutionary innovation.
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Modifying insect population age structure to control vector-borne disease.
TL;DR: The recent identification of biological agents that shorten vector lifespan, such as Wolbachia, entomopathogenic fungi and densoviruses, offer new tools for the control of vector-borne diseases.