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Malaria in Farmed Ungulates: an Exciting New System for Comparative Parasitology

mSphere, 2018
A wide array of vertebrates can serve as the intermediate hosts to malaria parasites (Apicomplexa: Haemosporida), such as birds, lizards, and several groups of mammals, including primates, bats, rodents, and ungulates.
Susan L. Perkins
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PCR-RFLP detection of Haemoproteus spp. (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) in pigeon blood samples from Iran [PDF]

Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2018
This study was carried out to determine Haemoproteus spp. infection in pigeons in Iran. Blood sam-ples collected from pigeons were examined for Haemoproteus spp. using stained blood smears and polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
M. Tavassoli, B. Esmaeilnejad, F. Malekifard , K. Mardani   +3 more
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A new haemosporidian parasite from the Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata (Cariamiformes, Cariamidae)

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022
Haemoproteids (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) are a diverse group of avian blood parasites that are transmitted by hematophagous dipterans. In this study, we describe Haemoproteus pulcher sp. nov.
Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Carolina Clares dos Anjos, Hassan Jerdy Leandro, Andréa de Moraes Carvalho, Allan Poltronieri Santos, Leandro Egert, Renata Hurtado, Eulogio Carlos Queiróz de Carvalho, Érika Martins Braga, Karin Kirchgatter   +9 more
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Genomic Content in Avian Haemosporidian Parasites Suggests Co‐Regulation of Apicoplast and Mitochondrial Nucleoids

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Apicoplast genomic content and mitochondrial genomic content were found to be strongly correlated (rho = 0.93) for infections going from low to high. Apicoplast and mitochondrial genomic content were deemed as more predictive factors of parasitemia for different infection intensities.
Gaia Porporato, Peter Pibaque, Alanis Cruz Flores, Simone Cescutti, Nayden Chakarov   +4 more
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Domination Versus Sisterhoods in the Blood Microbiota of Migrating Birds: Patterns of Within‐ and Between‐Individual Blood Parasite Diversity Revealed Through Metabarcoding

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Avian haemosporidian blood parasites are typically identified through Sanger sequencing of a partial cytochrome b fragment, the MalAvi barcoding region. Next‐generation sequencing is seldom used for avian blood parasite identification; this study demonstrates a higher detection rate of co‐infections via metabarcoding and its possible implications ...
Peter Pibaque, Gaia Porporato, Simone Cescutti, Alanis Cruz‐Flores, Tobias Busche, Anika Winker, Tim Maximilian Rapp, Patrick Bergkamp, Anna Doneva, Nayden Chakarov   +9 more
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A multiplex assay to detect mosquito species, bloodmeal host source and Plasmodium in malaria vectors using Nanopore amplicon sequencing

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Insectary‐reared mosquitoes were simultaneously assessed for species identification, bloodmeal source analysis and Plasmodium detection, using a single multiplexed sequencing run on the MinION sequencing platform. The method was applied to 150 insectary‐reared mosquitoes, representing nine species blood‐fed with five vertebrate hosts and 40 samples for
E. Abby Rogers, Dieunel Derilus, Christopher Sandi, Lisa Reimer, Audrey Lenhart, Lucy Mackenzie Impoinvil   +5 more
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Blood Parasites and Wildlife: The Development of a Discipline

Integrative Zoology, Volume 21, Issue 1, Page 2-10, January 2026.
Changes in our knowledge on blood parasite infections of wild animals in the last 30 years is reviewed with emphasis on taxonomy and phylogeny, impact of infections on fitness, and distribution of blood parasites. ABSTRACT In the last 30 years, the area of the study of parasitism caused by blood parasite infections on wildlife has suffered an ...
Santiago Merino
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Experimental Evidence That Blood Parasite Infection Affects Incubation Patterns in a Cavity‐Nesting Songbird

Integrative Zoology, Volume 21, Issue 1, Page 178-191, January 2026.
Chronic blood parasite infections in wild birds can affect their incubation behavior. In pied flycatchers, females with reduced parasite infections incubated for longer than control females. Despite behavioral changes, no immediate effects on fitness were observed.
Marina García‐del Río, Santiago Merino, Julia Chércoles‐Nieto, Davide Baldan, Manuel Fuertes‐Recuero, Alejandro Cantarero   +5 more
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Description and molecular characterization of novel Leucocytozoon parasite (Apicomplexa: Haemosporida: Leucocytozoidae), Leucocytozoon polynuclearisn. sp. found in North American woodpeckers /

, 2022
We describe Leucocytozoon polynuclearis n. sp. (Haemosporida: Leucocytozoidae) from two North American woodpeckers, the northern flicker (Colaptes auratus Linnaeus) and white-headed woodpecker (Dryobates albolarvatus Boie, 1826), based on the morphology ...
Lorenz, Teresa J.,, Sehgal, Ravinder N. M.,, Groff, Tierra C.,, Valkiūnas, Gediminas,, Iezhova, Tatjana A.,   +4 more
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Haemoproteus minutus is highly virulent for Australasian and South American parrots

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Haemoproteus and Plasmodium species are widespread avian blood parasites. Several Plasmodium species are known for their high virulence and have caused significant declines in naïve bird populations.
Luis Ortiz-Catedral, Dianne Brunton, Mark F. Stidworthy, Hany M. Elsheikha, Tom Pennycott, Christoph Schulze, Michael Braun, Michael Wink, Helga Gerlach, Helene Pendl, Achim D. Gruber, John Ewen, Javier Pérez-Tris, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Philipp Olias   +14 more
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