Out with the Old and in with the New: A Comparison Between Molecular and Traditional Techniques to Identify Parasitized Birds [PDF]
, 2012 Traditionally, the identification of blood parasites has been based on visual examination of blood smears. This approach depends on individual expertise in making blood smears and identifying parasites, which can vary widely from person to person. Recent
Guerrero, Christian
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Low prevalence of blood parasites in a long-distance migratory raptor: the importance of host habitat [PDF]
, 2015 Background: The low prevalence of blood parasites in some bird species may be related to the habitats they frequent, the inexistence of the right host-parasite assemblage or the immunological capacity of the host.
Figuerola, Jordi +9 more
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Ecological parasitology in the molecular genetics era [PDF]
, 2009 El estudio de la ecología de las relaciones entre parásitos y hospedadores se ha beneficiado recientemente de la aplicación de técnicas moleculares de diagnóstico e identificación de los parásitos.
Pérez Tris, Javier
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Mitochondrial genes support a common origin of rodent malaria parasites and Plasmodium falciparum's relatives infecting great apes [PDF]
, 2011 International audienceBackground Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the most acute form of human malaria. Most recent studies demonstrate that it belongs to a monophyletic lineage specialized in the infection of great ape hosts.
Blanquart, Samuel, Gascuel, Olivier
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Haemoproteusinfected birds have increased lifetime reproductive success
Parasitology, 2015 SUMMARYThe impact of haematozoan infection on host fitness has received substantial attention since Hamilton and Zuk posited that parasites are important drivers of sexual selection. However, short-term studies testing the assumption that these parasites consistently reduce host fitness in the wild have produced contradictory results.
M, Zylberberg +5 more
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The evolutionary ecology of Leucocytozoon blood parasites of birds
, 2009 Parasites can impose fitness effects on host populations: there may be seasonal and geographic variation in the interaction as well as over a longer time scale, host-parasite cospeciation.
Jenkins, Antoinette, Jenkins, Antoinette
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Vector species-specific association between natural Wolbachia infections and avian malaria in black fly populations [PDF]
, 2018 Thanks to the Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine (University of Glasgow) for funding vector traps.Artificial infection of mosquitoes with the endosymbiont bacteria Wolbachia can interfere with malaria parasite development ...
Baldini, Francesco +9 more
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Prevalence and Diversity of Avian Haematozoan Parasites in Wetlands of Bangladesh
Journal of Parasitology Research, 2014 The parasites of genera Haemoproteus, Plasmodium, and Leucocytozoon are well-known avian haematozoa and can cause declined productivity and high mortality in wild birds.
Rubayet Elahi +8 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2015 In recent years haemosporidian infection by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium and Haemoproteus, has been considered one of the most important factors related to the extinction and/or population decline of several species of birds worldwide.
Raquel Tostes +5 more
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Within-population variation in prevalence and lineage distribution of avian malaria in blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus [PDF]
The development of molecular genetic screening techniques for avian blood parasites has revealed many novel aspects of their ecology, including greatly elevated diversity and complex host–parasite relationships.
Cosgrove, Catherine L +5 more
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