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Is it best on the nest? Effects of avian life-history on haemosporidian parasitism

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020
Infectious diseases vary in prevalence and pathology among host species. Species may differ in prevalence of infection due to varying exposure and susceptibility to disease agents throughout their lifetime, which may be attributable to underlying ...
Claudia Ganser, Ara Monadjem, Robert A. McCleery, Thandeka Ndlela, Samantha M. Wisely   +4 more
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Using haematophagous fly blood meals to study the diversity of blood‐borne pathogens infecting wild mammals

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 22, Issue 8, Page 2915-2927, November 2022., 2022
Abstract Many emerging infectious diseases originate from wild animals, so there is a profound need for surveillance and monitoring of their pathogens. However, the practical difficulty of sample acquisition from wild animals tends to limit the feasibility and effectiveness of such surveys.
Solomon Mwakasungula, Virginie Rougeron, Céline Arnathau, Larson Boundenga, Eve Miguel, Anne Boissière, Davy Jiolle, Patrick Durand, Alphonce Msigwa, Sarah Mswata, Ally Olotu, Yvon Sterkers, Benjamin Roche, Gerard Killeen, Frédérique Cerqueira, Paul Yannick Bitome‐Essono, François Bretagnolle, Honorati Masanja, Christophe Paupy, Robert Sumaye, Franck Prugnolle   +20 more
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Exploring the thermal limits of malaria transmission in the western Himalaya

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 9, September 2022., 2022
Our study promotes new understanding of parasite transmission biology and the importance of accounting for fine‐scale thermal effects in the expansion of the range of the malaria parasite with global climate change. Using two human malaria and five avian vector‐borne parasites, we show that the contrasting thermal environments that can exist across ...
Farhina Mozaffer, Gautam I. Menon, Farah Ishtiaq   +2 more
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Sex and nest type influence avian blood parasite prevalence in a high-elevation bird community

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background The prevalence of avian haemosporidian parasites and the factors influencing infection in the Colorado Rocky Mountains are largely unknown. With climate change expected to promote the expansion of vector and avian blood parasite distributions,
Marina D. Rodriguez, Paul F. Doherty, Antoinette J. Piaggio, Kathryn P. Huyvaert   +3 more
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A new protocol for absolute quantification of haemosporidian parasites in raptors and comparison with current assays

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Accurate quantification of infection intensity is essential to estimate infection patterns of avian haemosporidian parasites in order to understand the evolution of host-parasite associations.
Xi Huang, Di Huang, Yuge Liang, Linlin Zhang, Guocheng Yang, Boye Liu, Yangyang Peng, Wenhong Deng, Lu Dong   +8 more
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Drivers of community turnover differ between avian hemoparasite genera along a North American latitudinal gradient

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 12, Page 5402-5415, June 2020., 2020
Catharus thrushes are heavily infected by a diverse assemblage of hemosporidian parasites; however, these parasites did not follow a latitudinal diversity gradient or prevalence. Instead, we see high community turnover of Plasmodium communities with latitude and host species and moderate turnover of Leucocytozoon communities with latitude. Abstract The
Naima C. Starkloff, Jeremy J. Kirchman, Andrew W. Jones, Benjamin M. Winger, Yen‐Hua Huang, Paulo C. Pulgarín‐R, Wendy C. Turner   +6 more
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Vector incrimination and transmission of avian malaria at an aquarium in Japan: mismatch in parasite composition between mosquitoes and penguins

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background Captive populations of penguins outside of their natural distributions are often maintained in outdoor facilities, such as zoos and aquariums.
Mizue Inumaru, Atsushi Yamada, Misa Shimizu, Ayana Ono, Makiko Horinouchi, Tatsuki Shimamoto, Yoshio Tsuda, Koichi Murata, Yukita Sato   +8 more
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Fatal avian malaria in captive Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) in Switzerland

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021
Avian malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by Plasmodium species, which may affect a broad spectrum of bird families worldwide. In most endemic and migratory birds, Plasmodium infections seem not to cause severe harm; however, non-indigenous species ...
Seraina L. Meister, Olivia K. Richard, Stefan Hoby, Corinne Gurtner, Walter U. Basso   +4 more
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Genetic diversity and host specificity varies across three genera of blood parasites in ducks of the Pacific Americas Flyway.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Birds of the order Anseriformes, commonly referred to as waterfowl, are frequently infected by Haemosporidia of the genera Haemoproteus, Plasmodium, and Leucocytozoon via dipteran vectors.
Andrew B Reeves, Mathew M Smith, Brandt W Meixell, Joseph P Fleskes, Andrew M Ramey   +4 more
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The pathology and pathogenicity of a novel Haemoproteus spp. infection in wild Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) [PDF]

, 2013
One hundred and thirty four Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) carcases found since 2004 in south west Australia were necropsied. The livers and spleens from ten of the penguins exhibited varying degrees of multifocal, randomly scattered areas of necrosis ...
Miller, R.D., Stephens, N., Krasnec, K.V., K. Campbell, K.V. Krasnec, B.L. Cannell, H.I. Jones, N. Stephens, Cannell, B.L., Campbell, K., R.D. Miller, Jones, H.I.   +11 more
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