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Babesia divergens: A Drive to Survive

open access: yesPathogens, 2019
Babesia divergens is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that causes zoonotic disease. Central to its pathogenesis is the ability of the parasite to invade host red blood cells of diverse species, and, once in the host blood stream, to ...
Cheryl A Lobo   +3 more
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Gut microbiome composition associated with Plasmodium infection in the Eurasian tree sparrow

open access: yesJournal of Avian Biology, 2023
Recent expansion of microbiome research has uncovered connections between resident microbial communities and blood parasite risk, establishing the potential for microbial disease treatments such as probiotics in the future.
Sage D. Rohrer   +3 more
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Altered parasite life-cycle processes characterize Babesia divergens infection in human sickle cell anemia

open access: yesHaematologica, 2019
Babesia divergens is an intra-erythrocytic parasite that causes malaria-like symptoms in infected people. As the erythrocyte provides the parasite with the infra-structure to grow and multiply, any perturbation to the cell should impact parasite ...
Jeny R. Cursino-Santos   +5 more
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A Four-Year Survey of Hemoparasites from Nocturnal Raptors (Strigiformes) Confirms a Relation between Leucocytozoon and Low Hematocrit and Body Condition Scores of Parasitized Birds

open access: yesVeterinary Sciences, 2023
Most hemoparasites hosted by wild birds appear to be harmless, but most of the blood parasite studies in avian wildlife are mainly focused on passerines or migratory species.
Bárbara Martín-Maldonado   +9 more
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Studies on parasitic prevalence in pet birds from Punjab, Pakistan

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology, 2021
During this one year study, blood and fecal samples of doves (Zenaida asiatica), ducks (Anas platyrhynchos), pigeons (Columba livia), partridges (Alectoris chukar), turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) and goose (Chen caerulescens) were collected to assess the ...
T. Sadaf   +11 more
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Study on the blood protozoa in geese [PDF]

open access: yesIraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2020
This study included the investigation of blood parasites in 150 geese. The results showed a high infection rate of 70.7%. The infection rate in the geese with small ages was higher compared to the large ages with 84.2 and 47.3% respectively, with no ...
Nadia H. Mohammed
doaj   +1 more source

Checklist of hosts, illustrated geographical range, and ecology of tick species from the genus Ixodes (Acari, Ixodidae) in Russia and other post-Soviet countries [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys
Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are the economically and ecologically most important blood-sucking arthropod vectors that can transmit disease agents under temperate climate.
Denis Fedorov, Sándor Hornok
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BLOOD PARASITES IN BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Wildlife Diseases, 2009
Madagascar has long been recognized for its unique and diverse biota. In particular, significant effort has been made to establish baseline population data to better conserve the endemic avifauna. During field expeditions between 1993 and 2004, birds were mist-netted at 11 different sites, at elevations from 60 m to 2,050 m above sea level.
Amy F, Savage   +7 more
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A soft tick vector of Babesia sp. YLG in Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) nests

open access: yesPeer Community Journal, 2023
Babesia sp. YLG has recently been described in Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks and belongs to the Peircei clade in the new classification of Piroplasms. Here, we studied Babesia sp.
Bonsergent, Claire   +6 more
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Relationship between certain serum biochemical values and serostatus against Anaplasma marginale in dairy cows [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary World, 2019
Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the possible association between values of certain serum biochemical parameters and seropositivity against Anaplasma marginale in dairy cows.
Myassar O. Alekish, Zuhair Bani Ismail
doaj   +1 more source

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