Abstract:
Objective To preliminarily study the infection status, genetic diversity, population dynamics and transmission mode of Wolbachia in common mosquito species in Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, and to provide reference for scientific prevention and control of mosquito-borne diseases.
Methods From July to October 2022, using lamp trapping method in Huai'an City airport, freight station, green belt as well as cattle sheds, pigpens, civilian houses and other habitats collected mosquitoes, using morphology and DNA barcode (mt COI) identified species. Using Wolbachia surface protein gene WSP carried out molecular identification. Using IQ-TREE 2.2.0 software constructed phylogenetic tree, R 4.4.2 software carried out haplotype analysis, PopART 1.7 software constructed haplotype network diagram. Using R 4.4.2 software calculated genetic differentiation (AMOVA, FST), DnaSP 6.1 software carried out neutral test (Tajima's D, Fu's Fs). Using R 4.4.2 software explored co-evolution signal (PACo, ParaFit), Jane 4 software explored Wolbachia and host between evolutionary relationship.
Results In Huai'an City various monitoring points collected 8 species total 2252 mosquitoes, Wolbachia total infection rate was 14.03%, among them Culex pipiens pallens infection rate was highest (22.01%). Total identified ωPip type haplotypes 41, discovered cross-host shared haplotypes. Neutral test (D=-2.476, P<0.010; Fs=-24.130, P<0.001) showed ωPip type haplotype Wolbachia significantly deviated from neutral evolution hypothesis. Different mosquito species hosts between population differentiation difference no statistical significance (P=0.795; ΦST=-0.062, P=0.944). Host and Wolbachia between lacked significant co-evolution pattern (Global ss=0.894, P=0.725; ParaFitGlobal=0.046, P=0.607) and discovered 23 times host switch events.
Conclusion Huai'an City mosquitoes carried Wolbachia with supergroup B ωPip type as main and has extremely high genetic diversity, horizontal transfer is this strain's important transmission mode. This region biological control need priority introduce maternal inheritance stable heterotypic strain.