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Phenology underlies inconsistent urbanization effects on avian malaria (Leucocytozoon sp.) in juvenile songbirds

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract Urbanization can modify species interactions, including those between parasites and their hosts. In birds, urbanization can either increase or decrease avian malaria (haemosporidian) infection, depending on host species, parasite, or study location. However, temporal coordination between parasites and hosts, which may impact infection outcomes,
Davide M. Dominoni, Bedur Faleh Ali Albalawi, Magdalena Mladenova, Barbara Helm, Francesco Baldini   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of a new vector species of avian haemoproteids, with a description of methodology for the determination of natural vectors of haemosporidian parasites

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Haemosporidian parasites are transmitted by dipteran blood-sucking insects but certain vectors remain unidentified for the great majority of described species.
Rasa Bernotienė, Rita Žiegytė, Gabrielė Vaitkutė, Gediminas Valkiūnas   +3 more
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Host–parasite oxidative arms race: who will win?

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, January 2026.
Avian haemosporidian parasites are globally widespread with a broad repertoire of hosts. When infected, the host can either reduce (resistance) and/or limit the severity of parasitaemia (tolerance). Oxidative stress plays a pivotal role in the host's resistance and tolerance, as well as its detrimental endpoints.
Caroline Isaksson, Vaidas Palinauskas, Amparo Herrera Duenas, Olof Hellgren   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energetic and oxidative costs of microfilarial infection: evidence for fitness trade‐offs in male village weavers of the Amurum Forest Reserve

Wildlife Biology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, January 2026.
Microfilariae contribute to a higher energetic demand that could lead to oxidative damage and reduce hosts' fitness. Yet reports about the energy status and oxidative stress‐defense mechanisms of infected wild birds are rarely documented. We investigated the relationship between microfilariae and the energy status and oxidative damage‐defense ...
Felix A. Andong, Olufemi Olasoji, Ezekiel S. Mayowa, Praise O. Nwanozie, Emmanuel E. Osayi, Vincent C. Ejere, Abdifatah Ahmed A. Afyare   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

WIMANET: The Power of a Network in Wildlife Malaria Research

Integrative Zoology, Volume 21, Issue 1, Page 11-16, January 2026.
The Wildlife Malaria Network (WIMANET) is an EU‐COST funded global network of researchers and stakeholders interested in wildlife malaria and related haemosporidian parasites. In this paper, we review WIMANET's activities to date. We hope this encourages new members to join the network and motivates both new and existing members to participate in its ...
Alfonso Marzal, Kasun Bodawatta, Carolina R. F. Chagas, Nayden Chakarov, Mélanie Duc, Tamara Emmenegger, Martina Ferraguti, Luz García‐Longoria, Rafael Gutiérrez‐López, Ricardo J. Lopes, Josué Martínez‐De La Puente, Swen Renner, Diego Santiago‐Alarcón, Ravinder N. M. Sehgal, Daliborka Stanković, Jenny C. Dunn   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low prevalence of Haemoproteus infections in Chiffchaffs

Parasitology, 2011
SUMMARYParasite prevalence is an important variable in many evolutionary and ecological studies. In birds, haemosporidian blood parasites have been in focus of many comparative analyses. Because low prevalence is difficult to estimate precisely and that studies finding low prevalence are more likely to remain unpublished, our knowledge of parasite ...
Staffan, Bensch, Jane, Jönsson, José Luis, Copete   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Blood parasites (Trypanosoma, Leucocytozoon, Haemoproteus) in the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus): diversity, incidence and persistence of infection at the individual level

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background A high prevalence of parasites may result from life-long persistence of infection or from high reinfection rates. We have studied blood parasites in a breeding population of the accipitrid raptor, Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), to ...
Milena Svobodová, Ivan Čepička, Lenka Zídková, Aysheshm Kassahun, Jan Votýpka, Lubomír Peške, Kristýna Hrazdilová, Jana Brzoňová, Petr Voříšek, Karel Weidinger   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Host Records for Haemoproteus spp. (Apicomplexa: Haemosporidiasina) in Passeriformes from North-west of Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2017
Background: The intracellular protozoan parasites of the genus Haemoproteus occur in different avian hosts all over the world. Various genus of blood sucking insects’ families such as Hippoboscidae and Ceratopogonidae could transmit Haemoproteus in avian
Leila Nourani, Mansour Aliabadian, Navid Dinparast-Djadid, Omid Mirshamsi   +3 more
doaj  

Biting midges (Culicoides, Diptera) transmit Haemoproteus parasites of owls: evidence from sporogony and molecular phylogeny

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Haemoproteus parasites are widespread, and several species cause diseases both in birds and blood-sucking insects. These pathogens are transmitted by dipterans belonging to the Ceratopogonidae and Hippoboscidae, however certain vector species ...
Dovilė Bukauskaitė, Rita Žiegytė, Vaidas Palinauskas, Tatjana A. Iezhova, Dimitar Dimitrov, Mikas Ilgūnas, Rasa Bernotienė, Mikhail Yu. Markovets, Gediminas Valkiūnas   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Herrerillo común – Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) [PDF]

, 2016
Aves - Orden Passeriformes - Familia Paridae en la Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados Españoles, http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/. Versiones anteriores: 30-06-2005; 9-03-2007; 12-03-2008; 28-09-2012A comprehensive review of the natural history of the
Fargallo, Juan A., Salvador Milla, Alfredo   +1 more
core   +2 more sources