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Anthropogenic landscape alteration promotes higher disease risk in wild New Zealand avian communities.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Anthropogenic changes can have dramatic effects on wild populations. Moreover, by promoting the emergence of vector-borne diseases in many ecosystems, those changes can lead to local extinction of native wildlife.
Antoine Filion, Lucas Deschamps, Chris N Niebuhr, Robert Poulin   +3 more
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Recent advances in the study of avian malaria: an overview with an emphasis on the distribution of Plasmodium spp in Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011
Avian malaria parasites (Plasmodium) have a worldwide distribution except for Antarctica. They are transmitted exclusively by mosquito vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) and are of particular interest to health care research due to their phylogenetic ...
Érika Martins Braga, Patricia Silveira, Nayara Oliveira Belo, Gediminas Valkiūnas   +3 more
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Avian malaria in birds from Atlantic Rainforest: a record of Plasmodium cathemerium and other novel lineages [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Parasitic diseases, like avian malaria, play a relevant impact on wild avifauna around the world, putting a threat to biodiversity, principally in endemic zones.
TALYS H.A. JARDIM, MARIANA F. ROSSI, HUARRISSON A. SANTOS, MARTA T. D'AGOSTO, ROBERTO JÚNIO P. DIAS   +4 more
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Increase of avian Plasmodium circumflexum prevalence, but not of other malaria parasites and related haemosporidians in northern Europe during the past 40 years

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Malaria is a health problem not only in human and veterinary medicine, but also in wildlife. Several theoretical studies have suggested that avian malaria transmission might be increasing in Europe.
Gediminas Valkiūnas, Mélanie Duc, Tatjana A. Iezhova   +2 more
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Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment Practices following Introduction of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Kibaha District, Coast Region, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
The success of the universal parasite-based malaria testing policy for fever patients attending primary health care (PHC) facilities in Tanzania will depend highly on health workers' perceptions and practices.
Zul Premji, Mårtensson, Andreas, Bjorkman, A., Martensson, A., Ngasala, B., Martensson, Andreas,, Kakoko, Deodatus, Mubi, M., Peterson, Stefan,, Peterson, S., Deodatus Kakoko, Bjorkman, Anders,, Premji, Z., Björkman, Anders, Marycelina Mubi, Premji, Zul, Stefan Peterson, Andreas Mårtensson, Mubi, Marycelina,, Mubi, Marycelina, Anders Björkman, Kakoko, Deodatus,, Ngasala, Billy,, Ngasala, Billy, Billy Ngasala, Kakoko, D., Peterson, Stefan, Premji, Zul,, Mubi, M,, Kakoko, D, Ngasala, B, Peterson, S, Bjorkman, A, Premji, Z, Martensson, A   +34 more
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Coquillettidia (Culicidae, Diptera) mosquitoes are natural vectors of avian malaria in Africa

Malaria Journal, 2009
Background The mosquito vectors of Plasmodium spp. have largely been overlooked in studies of ecology and evolution of avian malaria and other vertebrates in wildlife. Methods Plasmodium DNA from wild-caught Coquillettidia spp.
Pollinger John, Harrigan Ryan J, Buermann Wolfgang, Loiseau Claire, Sehgal Ravinder NM, Cornel Anthony J, Njabo Kevin Y, Valkiūnas Gediminas, Smith Thomas B   +8 more
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Congenital malaria in Uraba, Colombia

, 2011
: Background: Congenital malaria has been considered a rare event; however, recent reports have shown frequencies ranging from 3% to 54.2% among newborns of mothers who had suffered malaria during pregnancy.
Martínez Manrique, Enrique, Piñeros Jiménez, Juan Gabriel, Blair Trujillo, Silvia, Tobón Castaño, Alberto, Arboleda Naranjo, Margarita, Álvarez Sánchez, Luis Gonzalo   +5 more
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Culex quinquefasciatus: status as a threat to island avifauna and options for genetic control

CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2021
The avifauna endemic to islands is particularly susceptible to population declines and extinctions resulting from the introduction of non-native pathogens.
Tim Harvey-Samuel, Thomas Ant, Jolene Sutton, Chris N. Niebuhr, Samoa Asigau, Patricia Parker, Steven Sinkins, Luke Alphey   +7 more
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Encouraging impact following 2.5 years of reinforced malaria control interventions in a hyperendemic region of the republic of Guinea [PDF]

, 2016
Malaria is one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in the Republic of Guinea, particularly in the highly endemic regions. To assist in malaria control efforts, a multi-component malaria control intervention was implemented in the ...
Traoré, Alexis, Amanda Tiffany, Guilavogui, T., Serafini, Micaela, Serafini, M, Haile, M, Grais, R.F., Guilavogui, T, Sterk, E, Moundekeno, Faya Pascal, Alexis Traoré, Guilavogui, Timothée, Grais, Rebecca F., Timothée Guilavogui, Blaise Genton, Grais, RF, Micaela Serafini, Genton, Blaise, Tiffany, A, Faya Pascal Moundekeno, Haile, Melat, Sterk, Esther, Traoré, A., Tiffany, A., Rebecca F. Grais, Haile, M., Tiffany, Amanda, Genton, B, Sterk, E., Moundekeno, FP, Melat Haile, Serafini, M., Amanda Tiffany, Moundekeno, F.P., Traoré, A, Genton, B., Esther Sterk   +36 more
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The consequences of host heterogeneity for parasite transmission depend on how host infectiousness is determined

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study proposes two contrasting scenarios for how host infectiousness is determined: recipient dependence and donor dependence. These scenarios fundamentally alter how host heterogeneity shapes parasite transmission, demonstrating that the process by which infectiousness is determined is crucial for understanding the consequences of host ...
Jacob A. Cohen, Andrew D. Dean, Mark Viney, Andy Fenton   +3 more
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