Genetic colour polymorphism is associated with avian malarial infections [PDF]
, 2016 Peer ...
Figuerola, Jordi +3 more
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Avian Haemosporidian blood parasite infections at a migration hotspot in Eilat, Israel [PDF]
, 2016 Haemosporidian blood parasites are frequent amongst passerines. Though they often do not cause detectable consequences to host health, however, their presence or absence and also their prevalence across host populations may potentially carry ...
Paperna, Ilan +2 more
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Climate‐Driven Increase in Transmission of a Wildlife Malaria Parasite Over the Last Quarter Century [PDF]
Global change biology.Climate warming is shaping ecosystems in several ways, and this includes changes in the dynamics of wildlife disease transmission. Over 26 years, avian malaria parasites have become much more common in a population of blue tits, small songbirds that we surveyed in southern Sweden.
Theodosopoulos A +9 more
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Continental-scale patterns of pathogen prevalence: a case study on the corncrake [PDF]
, 2014 Pathogen infections can represent a substantial threat to wild populations, especially those already limited in size. To determine how much variation in the pathogens observed among fragmented populations is caused by ecological factors, one needs to ...
Barton K. +9 more
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Avian malaria co-infections confound infectivity and vector competence assays of Plasmodium homopolare. [PDF]
, 2018 Currently, there are very few studies of avian malaria that investigate relationships among the host-vector-parasite triad concomitantly. In the current study, we experimentally measured the vector competence of several Culex mosquitoes for a newly ...
Barker, Christopher M +5 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2023 Background Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon are three mainly studied blood parasites known to cause malarial and pseudomalarial infections in avian worldwide.
Vaenessa Noni, Cheng Siang Tan
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Testing epidemiological functional groups as predictors of avian haemosporidia patterns in southern Africa [PDF]
, 2016 Understanding the dynamics of multihost parasites and the roles of different host species in parasite epidemiology requires consideration of the whole animal community.
Atkinson C. T. +13 more
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Culicoides biting midges involved in transmission of haemoproteids
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Culicoides biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) are known vectors of avian Haemoproteus parasites. These parasites cause diseases, pathology and even mortality in birds.
Rita Žiegytė +5 more
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On the study of the transmission networks of blood parasites from SW Spain: diversity of avian haemosporidians in the biting midge Culicoides circumscriptus and wild birds [PDF]
, 2013 Background Blood-sucking flying insects play a key role in the transmission of pathogens of vector-borne diseases. However, at least for the case of avian malaria parasites, the vast majority of studies focus on the interaction between parasites and ...
Ferraguti, Martina +4 more
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On the specificity of avian blood parasites: Revealing specific and generalist relationships between haemosporidians and biting midges [PDF]
, 2012 The study of host-parasite relationships involving vector-borne parasites requires understanding interactions between parasites and vectors. The capacity of haemosporidians to infect insects has clear evolutionary consequences for the transmission of ...
Herrero, Jessica +4 more
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