Description and Molecular Characterization of Two Species of Avian Blood Parasites, with Remarks on Circadian Rhythms of Avian Haematozoa Infections. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2021 Simple Summary The diversity of avian blood parasites is remarkable, and they are often found in co-infections, which is a challenge for wildlife parasitology research.
Chagas CRF, Binkienė R, Valkiūnas G.
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Blood Parasites in Sympatric Vultures: Role of Nesting Habits and Effects on Body Condition. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Avian haemosporidians are a common and widespread group of vector-borne parasites capable of infecting most bird species around the world. They can negatively affect host condition and fitness.
Chakarov N, Blanco G.
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Sensitive universal detection of blood parasites by selective pathogen-DNA enrichment and deep amplicon sequencing. [PDF]
Microbiome, 2021 Targeted amplicon deep sequencing (TADS) has enabled characterization of diverse bacterial communities, yet the application of TADS to communities of parasites has been relatively slow to advance.
Flaherty BR +4 more
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Lankesterella (Apicomplexa, Lankesterellidae) Blood Parasites of Passeriform Birds: Prevalence, Molecular and Morphological Characterization, with Notes on Sporozoite Persistence In Vivo and Development In Vitro. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2021 Simple Summary Birds are hosts of various apicomplexan blood parasites, whose blood stages are often similar, resulting in much ongoing debate about the taxonomic and genetic identity of some species.
Chagas CRF +6 more
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Blood parasites in vectors reveal a united blackfly community in the upper canopy. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2020 Background The behaviour of blood-sucking arthropods is a crucial determinant of blood protozoan distribution and hence of host-parasite coevolution, but it is very challenging to study in the wild.
Chakarov N +4 more
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The buffy coat method: a tool for detection of blood parasites without staining procedures. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2020 Blood parasites belonging to the Apicomplexa, Trypanosomatidae and Filarioidea are widespread in birds and have been studied extensively. Microscopical examination (ME) of stained blood films remains the gold standard method for the detection of these ...
Chagas CRF +4 more
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Metatranscriptomics yields new genomic resources and sensitive detection of infections for diverse blood parasites. [PDF]
Mol Ecol Resour, 2020 Metatranscriptomics is a powerful method for studying the composition and function of complex microbial communities. The application of metatranscriptomics to multi-species parasite infections is of particular interest, as research on parasite evolution ...
Galen SC +4 more
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Host phylogeny matters: Examining sources of variation in infection risk by blood parasites across a tropical montane bird community in India. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2020 Background Identifying patterns and drivers of infection risk among host communities is crucial to elucidate disease dynamics and predict infectious disease risk in wildlife populations.
Gupta P +3 more
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Blood Parasites in Domestic Birds in Central Iran [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2020 Parasites may affect the dynamics of bird populations. Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon and Haemoproteus are well-known avian haematozoa that can trigger decreased productivity and high mortality in domesticated birds. In this study, we evaluated the prevalence
Farzaneh Mirzaei +5 more
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Prevalence and diversity of avian blood parasites in a resident northern passerine. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2019 Climate-related changes are expected to influence the prevalence and distribution of vector-borne haemosporidian parasites at northern latitudes, although baseline information about resident birds is still lacking.
Van Hemert C +3 more
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