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Physiological and morphological correlates of blood parasite infection in urban and non-urban house sparrow populations.

PLoS ONE, 2020
In the last decade, house sparrow populations have shown a general decline, especially in cities. Avian malaria has been recently suggested as one of the potential causes of this decline, and its detrimental effects could be exacerbated in urban habitats.
Coraline Bichet, François Brischoux, Cécile Ribout, Charline Parenteau, Alizée Meillère, Frédéric Angelier   +5 more
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Stakeholders' opinions and questions regarding the anticipated malaria vaccine in Tanzania [PDF]

, 2016
Within the context of combined interventions, malaria vaccine may provide additional value in malaria prevention. Stakeholders' perspectives are thus critical for informed recommendation of the vaccine in Tanzania.
Abdulla, S, Exavery, A, Ali, A, Abdulla, Salim, Elisa Sicuri, Romore, Idda, Sicuri, Elisa, Salim Abdulla, Kafuruki, Shubi, Shubi Kafuruki, Kimweri, Angela, Ali Ali, Angela Kimweri, Marcel Tanner, Kimweri, A, Mtenga, S, Romore, I, Tanner, Marcel, Sicuri, E, Idda Romore, Exavery, Amon, John Lusingu, Amon Exavery, Tanner, M, Mtenga, Sally, Sally Mtenga, Ali, Ali, Lusingu, J, Kafuruki, S, Lusingu, John   +29 more
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Effects of Vector Density on Blood Parasite Spread and Health Consequences for Avian Hosts: An Experimental Epidemiology Blueprint

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
In an experimental epidemiology setup, groups of pigeons were exposed to different numbers of infective malaria vectors. Vector number explained the speed of transmission, the final prevalence, and changes in host behavior. ABSTRACT Vector density plays a critical role in the transmission dynamics of vector‐borne diseases and thus in their health and ...
Nayden Chakarov, Tim Brandler, Kai Fischer, Carmen Schwietz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fostering real-time climate adaptation: Analyzing past, current, and forecast temperature to understand the dynamic risk to Hawaiian honeycreepers from avian malaria

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Various vector control options are increasingly being considered to safeguard forest birds in their natural habitats from avian malaria transmission.
Lucas Berio Fortini, Lauren R. Kaiser, Dennis A. LaPointe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost risk benefit analysis to support chemoprophylaxis policy for travellers to malaria endemic countries. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: In a number of malaria endemic regions, tourists and travellers face a declining risk of travel associated malaria, in part due to successful malaria control.
Behrens, Ronald H, Coutinho, Francisco AB, Ronald H Behrens, Massad Eduardo, Massad, Eduardo, Coutinho, Francisco A, Ben C Behrens, Coutinho Francisco AB, Behrens Ronald H, Coutinho, Francisco AB, Behrens, Ben C, Francisco AB Coutinho, Eduardo Massad, Behrens Ben C   +13 more
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Unraveling Occurrence Patterns and Diversity of Avian Malaria Parasites in Iberian Obligate and Facultative Scavenger Birds

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Low overall haemosporidian occurrence (3.4%; 13/383). Unexpected high lineage diversity (10 new host–parasite interactions). Novel Leucocytozoon lineage (GYPBAR01) in all European vultures except the griffon vulture. Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) in adult red kites.
Pilar Oliva‐Vidal, Jaime Muriel, Alfonso Marzal, Grethell Mabel López del Aguila, José María Martínez, Antoni Margalida   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Avian malaria in wild birds within a tropical dry forest area in Guatemala [PDF]

Neotropical Biology and Conservation
Urbanization is widely recognized as a driver of increased pathogen transmission, primarily through landscape modification and heightened contact rates between hosts and vectors, which can elevate parasite prevalence and virulence.
Michelle Bustamante-Castillo, Estefany De León-Robles, Manuel Alejandro Barrios-Izas, Lesbia Albertina Calderón-Aguirre   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Genomic Content in Avian Haemosporidian Parasites Suggests Co‐Regulation of Apicoplast and Mitochondrial Nucleoids

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Apicoplast genomic content and mitochondrial genomic content were found to be strongly correlated (rho = 0.93) for infections going from low to high. Apicoplast and mitochondrial genomic content were deemed as more predictive factors of parasitemia for different infection intensities.
Gaia Porporato, Peter Pibaque, Alanis Cruz Flores, Simone Cescutti, Nayden Chakarov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Domination Versus Sisterhoods in the Blood Microbiota of Migrating Birds: Patterns of Within‐ and Between‐Individual Blood Parasite Diversity Revealed Through Metabarcoding

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Avian haemosporidian blood parasites are typically identified through Sanger sequencing of a partial cytochrome b fragment, the MalAvi barcoding region. Next‐generation sequencing is seldom used for avian blood parasite identification; this study demonstrates a higher detection rate of co‐infections via metabarcoding and its possible implications ...
Peter Pibaque, Gaia Porporato, Simone Cescutti, Alanis Cruz‐Flores, Tobias Busche, Anika Winker, Tim Maximilian Rapp, Patrick Bergkamp, Anna Doneva, Nayden Chakarov   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urbanization and Vector Species Shape Avian Malaria Prevalence in Mosquitoes

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Avian malaria prevalence was assessed in two mosquito species across urban and peri‐urban habitats. No infections were detected in either species in urban areas, while a 2.53% prevalence was found in the native Culex pipiens from peri‐urban sites, highlighting the influence of urbanization on parasite transmission dynamics.
Paula Parra, Jesús Veiga, Marta Garrigós, Guillermo Panisse, Mario Garrido, Josué Martínez‐de la Puente   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source