Plasmodium infection and oxidative status in breeding great tits, Parus major. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Plasmodium parasites may affect the oxidative status of their hosts, defined as the balance of pro-oxidant compounds and antioxidant defences in an organism.
Christe, P., Delhaye, J., Jenkins, T.
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Testing Local Adaptation in a Natural Great Tit-Malaria System: An Experimental Approach. [PDF]
, 2015 Finding out whether Plasmodium spp. are coevolving with their vertebrate hosts is of both theoretical and applied interest and can influence our understanding of the effects and dynamics of malaria infection. In this study, we tested for local adaptation
Christe, P., Delhaye, J., Jenkins, T.
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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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Haemoprotozoa: Making biological sense of molecular phylogenies
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017 A range of protistan parasites occur in the blood of vertebrates and are transmitted by haematophagous invertebrate vectors. Some 48 genera are recognized in bood primarily on the basis of parasite morphology and host specificity; including extracellular
Peter O'Donoghue
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A critical base pair in k-turns determines the conformational class adopted, and correlates with biological function [PDF]
, 2016 k-turns are commonly-occurring motifs that introduce sharp kinks into duplex RNA, thereby facilitating tertiary contacts. Both the folding and conformation of k-turns are determined by their local sequence.
David M. J. Lilley +3 more
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Morphological versus molecular identification of avian Haemosporidia: an exploration of three species concepts [PDF]
Parasitology, 2006 More than 200 species of avian Haemosporidia (genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon) have been described based primarily on morphological characters seen in blood smears. Recent molecular studies, however, suggest that such methods may mask a substantial cryptic diversity of avian haemosporidians.
E S, Martinsen, I, Paperna, J J, Schall
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Co- and mixed-infections of avian haemosporidian parasites in great tits and blue tits of the French Pyrenees [PDF]
, 2018 Avian haemosporidia have played a significant role in advancing our understanding of vectored disease epidemiology, and continue to do so. These diverse blood parasites (inclusive of those responsible for avian malaria) are globally distributed, adopt ...
Lynton-Jenkins, Joshua
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Pathogens, 2020 The impact of emerging infectious diseases is increasingly recognised as a major threat to wildlife. Wild populations of the endangered Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, are experiencing devastating losses from a novel transmissible cancer, devil ...
Siobhon L. Egan +10 more
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Ubiquitous Hepatocystis infections, but no evidence of Plasmodium falciparum-like malaria parasites in wild greater spot-nosed monkeys (Cercopithecus nictitans) [PDF]
, 2012 Western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) have been identified as the natural reservoir of the parasites that were the immediate precursor of Plasmodium falciparum infecting humans. Recently, a P. falciparum-like sequence was reported in a sample from a captive
Aghokeng +26 more
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Diversity and prevalence of hemoparasites of wading birds in southern Florida, USA
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017 Relatively few studies on hemoparasites have been conducted on wading birds in the families Ardeidae and Threskiornithidae (order Pelecaniformes), especially in the United States.
Sarah M. Coker +8 more
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