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Determinants of spring migration departure dates in a New World sparrow: Weather variables reign supreme

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2024.
To test for interactions among weather, migration distance, parasitism, and physiology in determining spring departure date, we used Dark‐eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) as a model migratory species known to harbor diverse and common haemosporidian parasites.
Allison J. Byrd, Katherine M. Talbott, Tara M. Smiley, Taylor B. Verrett, Michael S. Gross, Michelle L. Hladik, Ellen D. Ketterson, Daniel J. Becker   +7 more
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Apicoplast‐Resident Processes: Exploiting the Chink in the Armour of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites

Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
The discovery of a relict plastid, also known as an apicoplast (apicomplexan plastid), that houses housekeeping processes and metabolic pathways critical to Plasmodium parasites’ survival has prompted increased research on identifying potent inhibitors that can impinge on apicoplast‐localised processes.
Collins Ojonugwa Mamudu, Mercy Eyitomi Tebamifor, Mary Ohunene Sule, Titilope Modupe Dokunmu, Olubanke Olujoke Ogunlana, Franklyn Nonso Iheagwam, Parasuraman Pavadai   +6 more
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Testing epidemiological functional groups as predictors of avian haemosporidia patterns in southern Africa

Ecosphere, 2016
Understanding the dynamics of multihost parasites and the roles of different host species in parasite epidemiology requires consideration of the whole animal community.
Eléonore Hellard, Graeme S. Cumming, Alexandre Caron, Elizabeth Coe, Jeffrey L. Peters   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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., Chavatte J.M., Karadjian G., Chabaud A., Beveridge I.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Host community heterogeneity and the expression of host specificity in avian haemosporidia in the Western Cape, South Africa

, 2018
Similar patterns of parasite prevalence in animal communities may be driven by a range of different mechanisms. The influences of host heterogeneity and host–parasite interactions in host community assemblages are poorly understood.
Sharon M. Jones, Graeme S. Cumming, Jeffrey L. Peters   +2 more
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Picky eaters are rare: DNA-based blood meal analysis of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species from the United States

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Biting midges in the genus Culicoides (Diptera; Ceratopogonidae) have been implicated in the transmission of a number of parasites and highly pathogenic viruses.
Matthew W. Hopken, Bonnie M. Ryan, Kathryn P. Huyvaert, Antoinette J. Piaggio   +3 more
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From Africa to Europe: evidence of transmission of a tropical Plasmodium lineage in Spanish populations of house sparrows

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Avian malaria parasites are a highly diverse group that commonly infect birds and have deleterious effects on their hosts. Some parasite lineages are geographically widespread and infect many host species in many regions.
Martina Ferraguti, Josué Martínez-de la Puente, Luz García-Longoria, Ramón Soriguer, Jordi Figuerola, Alfonso Marzal   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Data from: Does the niche-breadth or trade-off hypothesis explain the abundance-occupancy relationship in avian haemosporidia?

, 2014
Two hypotheses have been proposed to explain the abundance-occupancy relationship (AOR) in parasites. The niche-breadth hypothesis suggests that host generalists are more abundant and efficient at colonizing different host communities than specialists ...
Mata, Vanessa A., Lopes, Ricardo J., Harvey, Johanna A., Drovetski, Sergei V., Mode, Nicolle A., Aghayan, Sargis A., Voelker, Gary   +6 more
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FIG. 6. — H in Fine structure of gametocytes in five species of Haemoproteus (Haemosporidia) from geckos and agamid lizards

, 2000
FIG. 6. — H. ptyodactyli (cont.); A, macrogametocyte with more dilute ribosomal contents and nucleus with a conspicuous nucleolus; B, large concentrically structured mitochondria; C-G, Haemoproteus tarentolae from Tarentola mauritanica; C-D, whole view ...
Paperna, Ilan, Boulard, Yves
core   +1 more source