Publications

I. Peer Reviewed Articles

28. Caragata EP, Dutra HLC, Sucupira PHF, Ferreira AGA, Moreira LA. Wolbachia as translational science: controlling mosquito-borne pathogens. Trends Parasitol. 2021 Jul 21:S1471-4922(21)00164-1.

27. Caragata EP, Otero LM, Tikhe CV, Barrera R, Dimopoulos G. Microbial Diversity of Adult Aedes aegypti and Water Collected from Different Mosquito Aquatic Habitats in Puerto Rico. Microb Ecol. 2021 Apr 16.

26. Caragata EP, Dong S, Dong Y, Simões ML, Tikhe CV, Dimopoulos G. Prospects and Pitfalls: Next-Generation Tools to Control Mosquito-Transmitted Disease. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2020 Sep 8;74:455-475.

25. Caragata EP, Otero LM, Carlson JS, Borhani Dizaji N, Dimopoulos G. 2020. A Nonlive Preparation of Chromobacterium sp. Panama (Csp_P) Is a Highly Effective Larval Mosquito Biopesticide. Appl Environ Microbiol. May 19;86(11):e00240-20.

24. Caragata EP, Tikhe CV, Dimopoulos G. 2019, Curr. Opin. Virol. Curious Entanglements: Interactions between Mosquitoes, their Microbiota, and Arboviruses. 37: 26-36.

23. Caragata EP#, Rocha MN#, Pereira TN, Mansur SB, Dutra HLC, Moreira LA. 2019. Pathogen blocking in Wolbachia-infectedAedes aegypti is not affected by Zika and dengue virus co-infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 13(5):e0007443. #Co-first authorship.

22. Simões ML#, Caragata EP#, Dimopoulos G. 2018. Trends Parasitol. Diverse Host and Restriction Factors Regulate Mosquito-Pathogen Interactions. 34(7):603-616. #Co-first authorship.

21. Gesto JSM, Araki AS, Caragata EP, de Oliveira CD, Martins AJ, Bruno RV & Moreira LA. 2018. In tune with nature: Wolbachiadoes not impair pre-copula acoustic communication in Aedes aegypti. Parasit Vectors. 22;11(1):109.

20. Dutra HLC, Rodrigues SL, Mansur SB, de Oliveira SP, Caragata EP & Moreira LA. 2017. Development and physiological effects of an artificial diet for Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti. Sci Rep. 16;7(1):15687.

19. de Oliveira SP, de Oliveira CD, Sant'Anna MRV, Dutra HLC, Caragata EP & Moreira LA. 2017. Wolbachia infection in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes alters blood meal excretion and delays oviposition without affecting trypsin activity. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 87:65-74.

18. Silva JBL, Alves DM, Bottino-Rojas V, Pereira TN, Sorgine MHF, Caragata EP & Moreira LA. 2017. Wolbachia and dengue virus infection in the mosquito Aedes fluviatilis (Diptera: Culicidae). PLoS One. 21:12(7): e0181678.

17. Pacidônio EC#, Caragata EP#, Alves DM, Marques JT & Moreira LA. 2017. The impact of Wolbachia infection on the rate of vertical transmission of dengue virus in Brazilian Aedes aegypti. Parasit Vectors. 10(1):296. #Co-first authorship.

16. Dutra HL, Caragata EP, Moreira LA. 2017. The re-emerging arboviral threat: Hidden enemies: The emergence of obscure arboviral diseases, and the potential use of Wolbachia in their control. Bioessays. 2017. 39 (2).

15. Caragata EP, Pais FS, Baton LA, Silva JB, Sorgine MHF & Moreira LA. 2017. The transcriptome of the mosquito Aedes fluviatilis (Diptera: Culicidae), and transcriptional changes associated with its native Wolbachia infection. BMC Genomics.18(1):6.

14. Caragata EP, Rezende FO, Simoes TC, Moreira LA. 2016. Diet-Induced Nutritional Stress and Pathogen Interference in Wolbachia-Infected Aedes aegypti. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 10(11):e0005158.

13. Caragata EP, Dutra HLC, O'Neill SL, Moreira LA. 2016. Zika control through the bacterium Wolbachia pipientis. Future Microbiol. 11:1499-1502.

12. Caragata EP, Dutra HLC, Moreira LA. 2016. Inhibition of Zika virus by Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti. Microbial Cell. 3(7), 293-295.

11. Dutra HLC, Rocha MN, Dias FBS, Mansur SB, Caragata EP & Moreira LA. 2016. Wolbachia Blocks Currently Circulating Zika Virus Isolates in Brazilian Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes. Cell Host Microbe, 19, 771-4.

10. Caragata EP, Dutra HLC & Moreira LA. 2016. Exploiting Intimate Relationships: Controlling Mosquito-Transmitted Disease with Wolbachia. Trends Parasitol. 32, 207-18.

9. Skelton E, Rances E, Frentiu FD, Kusmintarsih ES, Iturbe-Ormaetxe I, Caragata EP, Woolfit M & O'Neill SL. 2016. A Native Wolbachia Endosymbiont Does Not Limit Dengue Virus Infection in the Mosquito Aedes notoscriptus (Diptera: Culicidae). J Med Entomol. 53, 401-8.

8. Dutra HLC, dos Santos LM, Caragata EP, Silva JBL, Villela DA, Maciel-de-Freitas R & Moreira LA. 2015. From lab to field: the influence of urban landscapes on the invasive potential of Wolbachia in Brazilian Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 9, e0003689.

7. Caragata EP, Rances, E, O'Neill SL & McGraw EA. 2014. Competition for amino acids between Wolbachia and the mosquito host, Aedes aegypti. Microb Ecol, 67, 205-18.

6. Ye YH, Woolfit M, Huttley GA, Rances E, Caragata EP, Popovici J, O'Neill SL & McGraw EA. 2013. Infection with a Virulent Strain of Wolbachia Disrupts Genome Wide-Patterns of Cytosine Methylation in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti. PLoS One, 8,e66482.

5. Caragata EP, Rances E, Hedges LM, Gofton AW, Johnson KN, O'Neill SL & McGraw EA. 2013. Dietary cholesterol modulates pathogen blocking by Wolbachia. PLoS Pathog, 9, e1003459.

4. Caragata EP & Walker T. 2012. Using bacteria to treat diseases. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 12, 701-12.

3. Caragata EP, Poinsignon A, Moreira LA, Johnson PH, Leong YS, Ritchie SA, O'Neill SL & McGraw EA. 2011. Improved accuracy of the transcriptional profiling method of age grading in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes under laboratory and semi-field cage conditions and in the presence of Wolbachia infection. Insect Mol Biol, 20, 215-24.

2. Caragata EP, Real KM, Zalucki MP & McGraw EA. 2011. Wolbachia infection increases recapture rate of field-released Drosophila melanogaster. Symbiosis, 54, 55- 60.

  1. Evans O, Caragata EP, McMeniman CJ, Woolfit M, Green DC, Williams CR, Franklin, CE, O'Neill SL & McGraw EA. 2009. Increased locomotor activity and metabolism of Aedes aegypti infected with a life-shortening strain of Wolbachia pipientis. J Exp Biol, 212, 1436-41.


II. Book chapters:

2. Caragata EP & Moreira LA. 2017. Using an Endosymbiont to Control Mosquito-Transmitted Disease. Chapter 7. The Arthropod Vector: Controller of Disease Transmission. Vol. 1: Vector Microbiome and Innate Immunity of Arthropods. Elsevier Publishing. Eds: Stephen Wikel, Serap Aksoy & George Dimopoulos. ISBN: 9780128053508.

  1. Caragata EP & Moreira LA. 2017. Wolbachia: Influence on pathogeny, treatment and control of Arthropod-borne diseases. Chapter 38. Arthropod Borne Diseases. Springer Publishing, Ed: Carlos Brisola Marcondes. ISBN: 9783319138831.