The impact of conservation translocations on vector-borne parasites : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2015 Wildlife conservation in New Zealand relies on translocations of endangered species to safe sites. While knowledge of the biology and behaviour of translocated hosts has steadily increased, the role of parasites in wildlife translocations has been ...
Schoener, Ellen Renate
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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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Low prevalence of blood parasites in a long-distance migratory raptor: the importance of host habitat [PDF]
, 2015 Background: The low prevalence of blood parasites in some bird species may be related to the habitats they frequent, the inexistence of the right host-parasite assemblage or the immunological capacity of the host.
Figuerola, Jordi +9 more
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Ecological parasitology in the molecular genetics era [PDF]
, 2009 El estudio de la ecología de las relaciones entre parásitos y hospedadores se ha beneficiado recientemente de la aplicación de técnicas moleculares de diagnóstico e identificación de los parásitos.
Pérez Tris, Javier
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Avian malaria and bird humoral immune response. [PDF]
, 2018 Plasmodium parasites are known to impose fitness costs on their vertebrate hosts. Some of these costs are due to the activation of the immune response, which may divert resources away from self-maintenance.
Christe, P. +3 more
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Manifold habitat effects on the prevalence and diversity of avian blood parasites
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015 Habitats are rapidly changing across the planet and the consequences will have major and long-lasting effects on wildlife and their parasites. Birds harbor many types of blood parasites, but because of their relatively high prevalence and ease of ...
Ravinder N.M. Sehgal
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Molecular analyses on host-seeking black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) reveal a diverse assemblage of Leucocytozoon (Apicomplexa: Haemospororida) parasites in an alpine ecosystem [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Molecular studies have suggested that the true diversity of Leucocytozoon (Apicomplexa: Haemospororida) species well exceeds the approximately 35 currently described taxa.
Courtney C. Murdock +3 more
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The haemosporidian parasites of bats with description of Sprattiella alecto gen. nov., sp. nov.
Parasite, 2012 Four species of Haemoproteidae were found in Pteropus alecto Temminck, 1837 in Queensland, Australia: i) Johnsprentia copemani, Landau et al., 2012; ii) Sprattiella alecto gen. nov., sp.
Landau I. +4 more
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Timing the origin of human malarias: the lemur puzzle [PDF]
, 2011 Background Timing the origin of human malarias has been a focus of great interest. Previous studies on the mitochondrial genome concluded that Plasmodium in primates, including those parasitic to humans, radiated relatively recently during a ...
Ananias A Escalante +9 more
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Vertical stratification of adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) within a tropical rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Malaria cases caused by Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian parasite naturally found in long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques, are increasing rapidly in Sabah, Malaysia. One hypothesis is that this increase is associated with changes in land use.
Benedick, Suzan +5 more
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