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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, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 465-477, September 2026.
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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Environmental Drivers on Blue Tit Nest Microbiome: An Experimental Study

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.
Elevated humidity and temperature altered nest microbial composition and its associations with parasitism and nestling condition. These findings identify nest microclimate as an important driver of nest microbiomes with consequences for avian development.
Marina García‐del Río, Tamara Martin‐Pozas, Sergio Sanchez‐Moral, Alejandro Cantarero, Francisco Castaño‐Vázquez, Yago Merino, Javier García‐Velasco, Santiago Merino   +7 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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Comparative Analysis of the Exo-Erythrocytic Development of Five Lineages of Haemoproteus majoris, a Common Haemosporidian Parasite of European Passeriform Birds

Pathogens, 2023
Haemoproteus parasites (Apicomplexa, Haemosporida) are widespread pathogens of birds, with a rich genetic (about 1900 lineages) and morphospecies (178 species) diversity. Nonetheless, their life cycles are poorly understood.
Mélanie Duc, Tanja Himmel, Josef Harl, Tatjana Iezhova, Nora Nedorost, Julia Matt, Mikas Ilgūnas, Herbert Weissenböck, Gediminas Valkiūnas   +8 more
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Surveillance of avian malaria and related haemoparasites in common terns (Sterna hirundo) on the Atlantic coast of South America

Parasitology, 2023
Haemosporidia (Apicomplexa, Haemosporida) are protozoa that infect vertebrate blood cells and are transmitted by vectors. Among vertebrates, birds possess the greatest diversity of haemosporidia, historically placed in 3 genera: Haemoproteus ...
Sofía Capasso, Yvonne R. Schumm, Petra Quillfeldt, Claire Bonsergent, Laurence Malandrin, Eliana Lorenti, Bruno Fusaro, Guillermo Panisse, Melina Lunardelli, Gabriel Castresana, Julia I. Diaz   +10 more
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Climate‐Driven Increase in Transmission of a Wildlife Malaria Parasite Over the Last Quarter Century

Global Change Biology, Volume 31, Issue 10, October 2025.
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.
Angela Nicole Theodosopoulos, Fredrik Andreasson, Jane Jönsson, Johan Nilsson, Andreas Nord, Lars Råberg, Martin Stjernman, Ana Sofía Torres Lara, Jan‐Åke Nilsson, Olof Hellgren   +9 more
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Different meal, same flavor: cospeciation and host switching of haemosporidian parasites in some non-passerine birds

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Previous studies have shown that haemosporidian parasites (Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) and Plasmodium) infecting passerine birds have an evolutionary history of host switching with little cospeciation, in particular at low taxonomic levels
Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro, Patricia G Parker, Robert E Ricklefs   +3 more
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Haemosporidian parasites (Apicomplexa, Haemosporida) of breeding common starling Sturnus vulgaris in Latvia

Wildlife Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 5, September 2025.
Migratory behaviour in seasonal environments affects host–pathogen relationships, especially for vector‐transmitted blood parasites of the order Haemosporida. The common starling Sturnus vulgaris is a short‐distance migrant where the north‐eastern European breeding population spend the non‐breeding season in temperate mild western Europe.
Antonija Rimša, Raffaella Schmid, Aija Ilgaža, Martins Briedis, Oskars Keišs, Steffen Hahn   +5 more
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Expanding the transgene expression toolbox of the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

Insect Molecular Biology, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 104-110, February 2025.
An. stephensi lipophorin (lp) gene fragment drives expression of the ZsYellow marker protein in the fat body of aquatic and adult life stages of An. stephensi validating its utility for expression in these tissues. The lp‐driven expression is distinguishable from the commonly utilised 3xP3 promoter, suggesting that both promoters could be used ...
Joshua Southworth, Estela Gonzalez, Katherine Nevard, Mireia Larrosa‐Godall, Luke Alphey, Michelle A. E. Anderson   +5 more
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