Molecular characterization of avian malaria in the spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor)
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DOI: 10.1007/s00436-018-5748-3
Abstract: We studied the prevalence and genetic diversity of malaria parasites in the poorly investigated spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor) breeding in central Spain, aiming to describe the phylogenetic relationships among them and with other haemosporidians infecting… read more here.
Keywords: avian malaria; starling sturnus; spotless starling; sturnus unicolor ... See more keywords
Avian malaria co-infections confound infectivity and vector competence assays of Plasmodium homopolare
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DOI: 10.1007/s00436-018-5924-5
Abstract: Currently, there are very few studies of avian malaria that investigate relationships among the host-vector-parasite triad concomitantly. In the current study, we experimentally measured the vector competence of several Culex mosquitoes for a newly described… read more here.
Keywords: vector; avian malaria; homopolare; blood ... See more keywords
Do avian malaria parasites reduce vector longevity?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.08.001
Abstract: Avian Plasmodium and malaria-like parasites of the genus Haemoproteus are widespread vector-borne parasites commonly found infecting birds. These parasites impose deleterious effects on their vertebrate hosts compromising their survival. While the interaction between these parasites… read more here.
Keywords: vector; longevity; avian malaria; malaria parasites ... See more keywords
Spatial and seasonal variation of avian malaria infections in five different land use types within a Neotropical montane forest matrix
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.05.025
Abstract: Seasonality as well as habitat destruction can alter host-parasite interactions. The montane cloud forest of Veracruz State in Mexico has been transformed into agro-ecosystems and cities. The aim of this study was to determine how… read more here.
Keywords: land use; avian malaria; five different;
First report of avian malaria in a Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus).
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DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102148
Abstract: This study reports the case of a Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) that died from avian malaria while under care at a rehabilitation center in Espírito Santo, Brazil. The bird was rescued on October 2018, and… read more here.
Keywords: puffinus; avian malaria; puffinus puffinus; shearwater puffinus ... See more keywords
Malaria infection status of European Robins seems to associate with timing of autumn migration but not with actual condition
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182018002184
Abstract: Abstract Avian malaria parasites can negatively affect many aspects of the life of the passerines. Though these parasites may strongly affect the health and thus migration patterns of the birds also during autumn, previous studies… read more here.
Keywords: autumn migration; avian malaria; infection status; actual condition ... See more keywords
Transcriptional response of individual Hawaiian Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes to the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum
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DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.10.479890
Abstract: Background Plasmodium parasites that cause bird malaria occur in all continents except Antarctica and are primarily transmitted by mosquitoes in the genus Culex . Culex quinquefasciatus , the mosquito vector of avian malaria in Hawaiʻi,… read more here.
Keywords: quinquefasciatus; plasmodium; avian malaria; expression ... See more keywords
Climate variation influences host specificity in avian malaria parasites.
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DOI: 10.1111/ele.13215
Abstract: Parasites with low host specificity (e.g. infecting a large diversity of host species) are of special interest in disease ecology, as they are likely more capable of circumventing ecological or evolutionary barriers to infect new… read more here.
Keywords: host specificity; avian malaria; malaria parasites; ecology ... See more keywords
Blood parasites shape extreme major histocompatibility complex diversity in a migratory passerine
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.14592
Abstract: Pathogens are one of the main forces driving the evolution and maintenance of the highly polymorphic genes of the vertebrate major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Although MHC proteins are crucial in pathogen recognition, it is still… read more here.
Keywords: avian malaria; mhc class; diversity;
Microbiomes associated with avian malaria survival differ between susceptible Hawaiian honeycreepers and sympatric malaria-resistant introduced birds.
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.16743
Abstract: Of the estimated 55 Hawaiian honeycreepers (subfamily Carduelinae) only 17 species remain, 9 of which the International Union for Conservation of Nature considers endangered. Among the most pressing threats to honeycreeper survival is avian malaria,… read more here.
Keywords: microbiomes associated; avian malaria; hawaiian honeycreepers; malaria survival ... See more keywords
Immune gene expression in the mosquito vector Culex quinquefasciatus during an avian malaria infection
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.16799
Abstract: Plasmodium relictum is the most widespread avian malaria parasite in the world. It is listed as one of the 100 most dangerous invasive species, having been responsible for the extinction of several endemic bird species,… read more here.
Keywords: avian malaria; vector; infection; culex quinquefasciatus ... See more keywords