Patrick Makoundou

Tis But a Scratch! Negligible fitness costs of AalDV2 infection in Aedes albopictus under fluctuating temperatures and implications for viral biocontrol

This study examines the effects of temperature and AalDV2 infection on Ae. albopictus survival and development, finding no significant survival impact from the virus but temperature-dependent developmental changes.

Stranger Swings: Temperature-Dependent Upsides and Downsides of a Densovirus in Aedes albopictus

This study shows that AalDV2 infection increases survival of Ae. albopictus larvae at high temperatures but reduces development speed and adult size, revealing temperature-dependent trade-offs in mosquito fitness.

Characterisation of the genomic sequence of an iflavirus, a protoambidensovirus, and of three microviruses detected in mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus)

The paper reports the complete CDS of five viruses detected in mosquitoes from Reunion Island, including a protoambidensovirus previously reported only in C. pipiens found in A. albopictus.

Recombination, truncation and horizontal transfer shape the diversity of cytoplasmic incompatibility patterns

The paper investigates how recombination, truncation, and horizontal transfer shape the diversity of cytoplasmic incompatibility patterns in Wolbachia wPip strains.

Nanopore sequencing enables multigenic family reconstruction despite highly frequent PCR-induced recombination

This paper develops a bioinformatics pipeline using Oxford Nanopore sequencing to reconstruct multi-copy gene families, demonstrating its effectiveness in handling PCR-induced recombination and providing reliable haplotype information.