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Sand flies: Basic information on the vectors of leishmaniasis and their interactions with Leishmania parasites

Communications Biology, 2022
Blood-sucking arthropods transmit a variety of human pathogens acting as disseminators of the so-called vector-borne diseases. Leishmaniasis is a spectrum of diseases caused by different Leishmania species, transmitted quasi worldwide by sand flies ...
P. Cecílio, A. Cordeiro-da-Silva, Fabiano Oliveira   +2 more
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A review on the role of birds as disseminators of ticks, with special emphasis on Hyalomma species and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma rufipes are tick species of high medical importance, primarily due to their ability to transmit the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus. While H. marginatum is endemic in Southern Europe, H.
Gergő Keve, Attila D. Sándor, Sándor Hornok   +2 more
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Haemoparasites in captive birds at Uberlândia zoo, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Bioscience Journal, 2021
Haemoparasites are one of the most important groups of bird parasites, with emphasis on the genera Haemoproteus, Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon and Trypanosoma.
Lívia Mendonça de Aguiar, Oswaldo Marçal Júnior   +1 more
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Development of reverse-transcription PCR techniques to analyse the density and sex ratio of gametocytes in genetically diverse Plasmodium chabaudi infections [PDF]

, 2007
We have developed cross-genotype and genotype-specific quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) assays to detect and quantify the number of parasites, transmission stages (gametocytes) and male gametocytes in blood stage Plasmodium chabaudi ...
Abdel-Wahab, Alano, Babiker, Bell, Cheeseman, Damien R. Drew, De Roode, De Roode, De Roode, Dye, Ferguson, Ferguson, Foster, Gardner, Gautret, Hamilton, Khan, Mackinnon, Nee, Paterson, Paul, Paul, Paul, Pinheiro, Ranford-Cartwright, Read, Read, Read, Reece, Reece, Reece, Sarah E. Reece, Schall, Schall, Schneider, Shutler, Sinden, Taylor, Taylor, Wargo, Wargo, West, West, West, West   +44 more
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Season and host-community composition inside roosts may affect host-specificity of bat flies

Scientific Reports
Bat flies are one of the most abundant ectoparasites of bats, showing remarkable morphological adaptations to the parasitic habit, while the relationship with their hosts is characterized by a high level of specificity.
Attila D. Sándor, Alexandra Corduneanu, Sándor Hornok, Andrei D. Mihalca, Áron Péter   +4 more
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Prevalence and Diversity of Avian Haemosporidians May Vary with Anthropogenic Disturbance in Tropical Habitats in Myanmar

Diversity, 2021
Avian malaria and related haemosporidians (genera Haemoproteus, Plasmodium and Leucocytozoon) infect most clades of bird. Although these parasites are present in almost all continents, they have been irregularly studied across different geographical ...
Jaime Muriel, Alfonso Marzal, Sergio Magallanes, Luz García-Longoria, Marcela Suarez-Rubio, Paul J. J. Bates, Htet Htet Lin, Aye Nyein Soe, Khin Swe Oo, Aung Aung Aye, Naw Dolly Wilbur, Ni Ni Win, Yupa Tin Soe, Khaing Khin Linn, Swen C. Renner   +14 more
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Haemosporidian parasite infections in grouse and ptarmigan: Prevalence and genetic diversity of blood parasites in resident Alaskan birds

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2016
Projections related to future climate warming indicate the potential for an increase in the distribution and prevalence of blood parasites in northern regions. However, baseline data are lacking for resident avian host species in Alaska.
Matthew M. Smith, Caroline Van Hemert, Richard A. Merizon   +2 more
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East-to-west dispersal of bird-associated ixodid ticks in the northern Palaearctic: Review of already reported tick species according to longitudinal migratory avian hosts and first evidence on the genetic connectedness of Ixodes apronophorus between Siberia and Europe

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
Birds are long-known as important disseminators of ixodid ticks, in which context mostly their latitudinal, south-to-north migration is considered. However, several bird species that occur in the eastern part of the northern Palaearctic are known to ...
Andor Pitó, Denis Fedorov, Vojtěch Brlík, Jenő Kontschán, Gergő Keve, Attila D. Sándor, Nóra Takács, Sándor Hornok   +7 more
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Under the light: high prevalence of haemoparasites in lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from Central Amazonia revealed by microscopy [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Blood samples from 330 lizards of 19 species were collected to investigate the occurrence of haemoparasites. Samplings were performed in areas of upland (terra-firme) forest adjacent to Manaus municipality, Amazonas, Brazil. Blood parasites were detected
AMANDA M. PICELLI, ADRIANE C. RAMIRES, GABRIEL S. MASSELI, FELIPE A.C. PESSOA, LUCIO A. VIANA, IGOR L. KAEFER   +5 more
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Parasite motility is critical for virulence of African trypanosomes. [PDF]

, 2018
African trypanosomes, Trypanosoma brucei spp., are lethal pathogens that cause substantial human suffering and limit economic development in some of the world's most impoverished regions.
Geng, Quanjie, Hill, Kent L, Kisalu, Neville, Ozcan, Aydogan, Ray, Sunayan S, Shimogawa, Michelle M, Zhang, Yibo   +6 more
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