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Scott Leslie O'Neill
Researcher at Monash University
Publications - 222
Citations - 27012
Scott Leslie O'Neill is an academic researcher from Monash University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wolbachia & Cytoplasmic incompatibility. The author has an hindex of 78, co-authored 218 publications receiving 24043 citations. Previous affiliations of Scott Leslie O'Neill include Yale University & New England Biolabs.
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A Wolbachia Symbiont in Aedes aegypti Limits Infection with Dengue, Chikungunya, and Plasmodium
Luciano Andrade Moreira,Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe,Jason A. L. Jeffery,Guangjin Lu,Alyssa T. Pyke,Lauren M. Hedges,Bruno Coelho Rocha,Sonja Hall-Mendelin,Andrew Day,Markus Riegler,Leon E. Hugo,Karyn N. Johnson,Brian H. Kay,Elizabeth A. McGraw,Andrew F. van den Hurk,Andrew F. van den Hurk,Peter A. Ryan,Scott Leslie O'Neill +17 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that this Wolbachia-mediated pathogen interference may work synergistically with the life-shortening strategy proposed previously to provide a powerful approach for the control of insect transmitted diseases.
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Successful establishment of Wolbachia in Aedes populations to suppress dengue transmission
Ary A. Hoffmann,Brian L. Montgomery,Jean Popovici,Jean Popovici,Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe,Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe,Petrina H. Johnson,F Muzzi,Melinda Greenfield,M Durkan,Yi San Leong,Yi Dong,Yi Dong,Helen Cook,Jason K. Axford,Ashley G. Callahan,Nichola Kenny,Nichola Kenny,C Omodei,Elizabeth A. McGraw,Elizabeth A. McGraw,Peter A. Ryan,Peter A. Ryan,Peter A. Ryan,Scott A. Ritchie,Michael Turelli,Scott Leslie O'Neill,Scott Leslie O'Neill +27 more
TL;DR: This work describes how the wMel Wolbachia infection, introduced into the dengue vector Aedes aegypti from Drosophila melanogaster, successfully invaded two natural A. aagypti populations in Australia, reaching near-fixation in a few months following releases of wMel-infected A.A. ae Egyptian adults.
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Phylogeny and PCR–based classification of Wolbachia strains using wsp gene sequences
TL;DR: A method based on the use of group–specificwsp PCR primers which will allow Wolbachia isolates to be typed without the need to clone and sequence individualWolbachia genes is presented, which should facilitate future studies investigating the distribution and biology of these bacteria.
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The wMel Wolbachia strain blocks dengue and invades caged Aedes aegypti populations.
Thomas Walker,Petrina H. Johnson,Luciano Andrade Moreira,Luciano Andrade Moreira,Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe,Francesca D. Frentiu,Conor J. McMeniman,Conor J. McMeniman,Yi San Leong,Y. Dong,Jason K. Axford,Peter Kriesner,Alun L. Lloyd,Alun L. Lloyd,Scott A. Ritchie,Scott Leslie O'Neill,Scott Leslie O'Neill,Ary A. Hoffmann +17 more
TL;DR: The successful transinfection of A. aegypti with the avirulent wMel strain of Wolbachia, which induces the reproductive phenotype cytoplasmic incompatibility with minimal apparent fitness costs and high maternal transmission, providing optimal phenotypic effects for invasion is described.
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16S rRNA phylogenetic analysis of the bacterial endosymbionts associated with cytoplasmic incompatibility in insects
Scott Leslie O'Neill,Rosanna Giordano,Angela M. E. Colbert,Timothy L. Karr,Hugh M. Robertson +4 more
TL;DR: Initial screening of insects indicates that cytoplasmic incompatibility may be a more general phenomenon in insects than is currently recognized and Lack of congruence between the phylogeny of the symbionts and their insect hosts suggest that horizontal transfer of symbiont between insect species may occur.