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Leucocytozoonosis in Domestic Birds in Southwestern Iran: An Ultrastructural Study

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2013
Background: Leucocytozoonosis is a disease of birds caused by obligate intracellular protozoa of the genus Leucocytozoon. We determined the prevalence of Leucocytozoon spp.
O Dezfoulian, M Zibaei, H Nayebzadeh, M Haghgoo, AN Emami-Razavi, K Kiani   +5 more
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Genetic diversity and host specificity varies across three genera of blood parasites in ducks of the Pacific Americas Flyway.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Birds of the order Anseriformes, commonly referred to as waterfowl, are frequently infected by Haemosporidia of the genera Haemoproteus, Plasmodium, and Leucocytozoon via dipteran vectors.
Andrew B Reeves, Mathew M Smith, Brandt W Meixell, Joseph P Fleskes, Andrew M Ramey   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Martínez de la Puente, Josué, Martínez, Javier, Merino, Santiago, Rivero de Aguilar, Juan   +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
wiley   +1 more source

Avian haemosporidian parasites of accipitriform raptors

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background The order Accipitriformes comprises the largest group of birds of prey with 260 species in four families. So far, 21 haemosporidian parasite species have been described from or reported to occur in accipitriform birds.
Josef Harl, Tanja Himmel, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Mikas Ilgūnas, Nora Nedorost, Julia Matt, Anna Kübber-Heiss, Amer Alic, Cornelia Konicek, Herbert Weissenböck   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Figuerola, Jordi, Martínez de la Puente, Josué, Ruiz, Santiago, Soriguer, Ramón C.   +4 more
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Phenology underlies inconsistent urbanization effects on avian malaria (Leucocytozoon sp.) in juvenile songbirds

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract Urbanization can modify species interactions, including those between parasites and their hosts. In birds, urbanization can either increase or decrease avian malaria (haemosporidian) infection, depending on host species, parasite, or study location. However, temporal coordination between parasites and hosts, which may impact infection outcomes,
Davide M. Dominoni, Bedur Faleh Ali Albalawi, Magdalena Mladenova, Barbara Helm, Francesco Baldini   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Screening of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) for Vector‐Borne Zoonotic Pathogens, South Moravia, Czech Republic

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 73, Issue 1, Page 95-106, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Black flies (Simuliidae) are globally distributed blood‐feeding arthropods and vectors of viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogens to many animal species, including humans. We investigated the occurrence of selected vector‐borne pathogens in black flies in South Moravia, Czech Republic, and evaluated their possible role in the ...
Silvie Šikutová, Kristína Mravcová, Jan Mendel, Oldřich Šebesta, Bohumil Sak, Nikola Holubová, Martin Kváč, Clifton McKee, Peter H. Adler, D. Otranto, Ivo Rudolf   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The evolutionary ecology of Leucocytozoon blood parasites of birds

, 2009
Parasites can impose fitness effects on host populations: there may be seasonal and geographic variation in the interaction as well as over a longer time scale, host-parasite cospeciation.
Jenkins, Antoinette, Jenkins, Antoinette
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Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Avian Haemosporidian Parasites in Southern Iran

Pathogens, 2021
Avian haemosporidians are widespread and diverse and are classified in the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon, and Fallisia. These species are known to cause haemosporidiosis and decreased fitness of their hosts. Despite the high diversity of
Vajiheh Ghaemitalab, Omid Mirshamsi, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Mansour Aliabadian   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source