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Prevalence of new and known species of haemoparasites in feral pigeons in northwest Italy [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Haemoparasites in feral pigeons have been studied in several countries but no data are available from Italy. The aim of this work was to evaluate the prevalence and diversity of Haemoproteus spp./Plasmodium spp. and Leucocytozoon spp.
Bollo, Enrico, Cannizzo, Francesca Tiziana, Ferroglio, Ezio, Pregel, Paola, Pérez-Rodríguez, Antón David, Scaglione, Frine Eleonora   +5 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
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting the distribution of haemosporidian parasites within an oceanic island [PDF]

, 2017
Understanding how different ecological and evolutionary processes influence the distribution of pathogens within the environment is important from many perspectives including wildlife epidemiology, evolutionary ecology and conservation.
Agudo, Altman, Anderson, Apanius, Asghar, Asghar, Atkinson, Barrientos, Beadell, Beck-Johnson, Bensch, Brown, Burnham, Burnham, Carrete, Clegg, Cody, Cornuault, del-Arco, Drovetski, Dybdahl, Ellis, Emerson, Ewing, Expósito, Fairfield, Fallon, Fialho, Futuyma, Galardo, Garamszegi, Gonzalez-Quevedo, Gonzalez-Quevedo, Griffiths, Guthmann, Gutiérrez-López, Hall, Harter, Hellgren, Hellgren, Hellgren, Hellgren, Hijmans, Illera, Illera, Illera, Illera, Ishtiaq, Ishtiaq, Jovani, Juan, Kaiser, Lachish, Lapointe, LaPointe, Laurance, Lima, Loiseau, MacLeod, Martínez-de la Puente, Mata, Matson, May, Medeiros, Medeiros, Mordecai, Oakgrove, Okanga, Olsson-Pons, Paaijmans, Patz, Posada, Poulin, Poulin, Poulin, Poulin, Pérez-Rodríguez, Pérez-Rodríguez, Pérez-Tris, Richards, Richardson, Ricklefs, Ricklefs, Ronquist, Santiago-Alarcón, Sehgal, Smit, Smit, Smith, Spurgin, Spurgin, Stervander, Svensson-Coelho, Szöllősi, Tella, Waldenström, Wetzel, Wikelski, Wilder, Wood, Yorinks, Zamora-Vilchis   +101 more
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Host associations, biogeography, and phylogenetics of avian malaria in southern African waterfowl [PDF]

, 2012
The relevance of spatial variation in the environment and host communities for parasite community composition is poorly documented, creating a need for additional case studies from which general principles can be developed.
Caron, Alexandre, Cumming, Graeme S., Ndlovu, Mduduzi, Okanga, Sharon, Peters, Jeffrey L., Shepard, Eric   +5 more
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Testing Local Adaptation in a Natural Great Tit-Malaria System: An Experimental Approach. [PDF]

, 2015
Finding out whether Plasmodium spp. are coevolving with their vertebrate hosts is of both theoretical and applied interest and can influence our understanding of the effects and dynamics of malaria infection. In this study, we tested for local adaptation
Christe, P., Delhaye, J., Jenkins, T.
core   +4 more sources

Plasmodium infection and oxidative status in breeding great tits, Parus major. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium parasites may affect the oxidative status of their hosts, defined as the balance of pro-oxidant compounds and antioxidant defences in an organism.
Christe, P., Delhaye, J., Jenkins, T.
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On the specificity of avian blood parasites: Revealing specific and generalist relationships between haemosporidians and biting midges [PDF]

, 2012
The study of host-parasite relationships involving vector-borne parasites requires understanding interactions between parasites and vectors. The capacity of haemosporidians to infect insects has clear evolutionary consequences for the transmission of ...
Herrero, Jessica, Martínez de la Puente, Josué, Martínez, Javier, Merino, Santiago, Rivero de Aguilar, Juan   +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
doaj   +1 more source