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1. Genomic sequence capture of Plasmodium relictum in experimentally infected birds

Author:
Vincenzo A. Ellis; Victor Kalbskopf; Arif Ciloglu; Mélanie Duc; Xi Huang; Abdullah Inci; Staffan Bensch; Olof Hellgren; Vaidas Palinauskas
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2022 v.15 no.1 pp. 267
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Haemoproteus; Plasmodium relictum; RNA; birds; genetic structure; genetic variation; genomics; haplotypes; hosts; mitochondrial DNA; nucleotide sequences; parasitemia; parasites; population genetics
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Sequencing parasite genomes in the presence of host DNA is challenging. Sequence capture can overcome this problem by using RNA probes that hybridize with the parasite DNA and then are removed from solution, thus isolating the parasite DNA for efficient sequencing. METHODS: Here we describe a set of sequence capture probes designed to target 1035 genes (c. 2.5 Mbp) of the globally dist ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13071-022-05373-w

2. Fatal avian malaria in captive Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) in Switzerland

Author:
Seraina L. Meister; Olivia K. Richard; Stefan Hoby; Corinne Gurtner; Walter U. Basso
Source:
International journal for parasitology 2021 v.14 pp. 97-106
ISSN:
2213-2244
Subject:
DNA; Fratercula; Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; Plasmodium relictum; Protozoa; avian malaria; death; erythrocytes; histopathology; humans; inflammation; liver; migratory behavior; morbidity; mortality; parasitology; polymerase chain reaction; spleen; threatened species; vector-borne diseases; Switzerland
Abstract:
... Avian malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by Plasmodium species, which may affect a broad spectrum of bird families worldwide. In most endemic and migratory birds, Plasmodium infections seem not to cause severe harm; however, non-indigenous species kept in human care such as penguins may experience high morbidity and mortality rates. Fatal avian malaria may also occur in other non-native seab ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.12.007

3. Prevalence of hematozoan parasites in Red Kite nestlings from France

Author:
Michael Coeurdassier; Nicolas Bassin; Thibaut Powolny; Christophe Morin; Eve Afonso
Source:
Journal of ornithology 2021 v.162 no.2 pp. 521-527
ISSN:
2193-7192
Subject:
Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; Milvus milvus; Palearctic region; Plasmodium relictum; blood; body condition; ornithology; pathogens; population dynamics; France
Abstract:
... Blood pathogens may be harmful for birds and thus, represent a potential threat for some populations. To date, only few data are available on the prevalence of hematozoans in the Red Kite, a raptor endemic to the Western Palearctic listed as Near Threatened within its global range. Here, we report the first screening of haemosporidian parasites in Red Kite nestlings from French breeding areas. The ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10336-020-01838-w

4. Evolutionary ecology, taxonomy, and systematics of avian malaria and related parasites

Author:
Alan Fecchio; Carolina R.F. Chagas; Jeffrey A. Bell; Karin Kirchgatter
Source:
Acta tropica 2020 v.204 pp. 105364
ISSN:
0001-706X
Subject:
Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; Plasmodium relictum; animal models; avian malaria; avifauna; birds; climate change; host-parasite relationships; hosts; human diseases; indigenous species; migratory behavior; parasites; phylogeny; taxonomy; Hawaii
Abstract:
... Haemosporidian parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon, and Haemoproteus are one of the most prevalent and widely studied groups of parasites infecting birds. Plasmodium is the most well-known haemosporidian as the avian parasite Plasmodium relictum was the original transmission model for human malaria and was also responsible for catastrophic effects on native avifauna when introduced t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105364

5. Detecting local transmission of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites (Apicomlexa, Haemosporida) at a Special Protection Area of Natura 2000 network

Author:
Dimitar Dimitrov; Mihaela Ilieva; Karina Ivanova; Vojtěch Brlík; Pavel Zehtindjiev
Source:
Parasitology research 2018 v.117 no.7 pp. 2187-2199
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
DNA; Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; Plasmodium relictum; adults; avian malaria; breeding; conservation areas; cytochrome b; hatching; juveniles; lakes; microscopy; migratory birds; parasites; pathogens; polymerase chain reaction; Bulgaria
Abstract:
... Avian haemosporidian parasites (Apicomplexa, Haemosporida) are widespread pathogens that cause malaria (Plasmodium spp.) and other haemosporidioses (Haemoproteus spp. and Leucocytozoon spp.) in birds. The Special Protection Area Durankulak Lake (SPA DL) is a coastal lake in northeast Bulgaria, part of the Natura 2000 network that was declared as important area for wintering, breeding and migratory ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-018-5906-7

6. The malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum in the endemic avifauna of eastern Cuba

Author:
Letícia Soares; Peter Marra; Lindsey Gray; Robert E. Ricklefs
Source:
Conservation biology 2017 v.31 no.6 pp. 1477-1482
ISSN:
0888-8892
Subject:
Haemoproteus; Plasmodium relictum; Setophaga; avifauna; basins; birds; blood sampling; extinction; genes; haplotypes; introduced species; malaria; merozoites; migratory behavior; mitochondria; parasites; pathogenicity; population dynamics; surface proteins; wildlife management; Caribbean; Cuba
Abstract:
... Island populations are vulnerable to introduced pathogens, as evidenced by extinction or population decline of several endemic Hawaiian birds caused by the malaria parasite, Plasmodium relictum (order Haemosporida). We analyzed blood samples from 363 birds caught near Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for the presence of haemosporidian infections. We characterized parasite lineages by determining nucleotide v ...
DOI:
10.1111/cobi.12995

7. Avian Hemosporidian Parasite Lineages in Four Species of Free-ranging Migratory Waterbirds from Mongolia, 2008

Author:
Seimon Tracie A.; Gilbert Martin; Neabore Scott; Hollinger Charlotte; Tomaszewicz Ania; Newton Alisa; Chang Tylis; McAloose Denise
Source:
Journal of wildlife diseases 2016 v.52 no.3 pp. 682-687
ISSN:
0090-3558
Subject:
Anser indicus; Haemoproteus; Larus; Leucocytozoon; Phalacrocorax carbo; Plasmodium relictum; Tadorna ferruginea; breeding sites; confidence interval; cytochrome b; genes; migratory behavior; mitochondrial DNA; parasites; polymerase chain reaction; progeny; sequence analysis; water birds; Mongolia
Abstract:
... Avian hemosporidian parasites have been detected in Asia, but little information is known about the hemosporidian parasite lineages that circulate in waterbirds that migrate along the East Asian and Central Asian migratory flyways to breed in Mongolia. To gather baseline data on hemosporidian parasite presence in Mongolian waterbirds, 151 blood-spot samples (81 hatch year [HY] and 70 after hatch y ...
DOI:
10.7589/2015-11-311

8. The prevalence and molecular characterisation of blood parasites infecting the vulnerable Tamarugo Conebill (Conirostrum tamarugense) and other birds in the Pampa del Tamarugal, Chile

Author:
Javier Martínez; Rodrigo A. Vásquez; Alberto Marqués; Alazne Díez-Fernández; Santiago Merino
Source:
Emu 2016 v.116 no.3 pp. 310-314
ISSN:
1448-5540
Subject:
Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; Passer domesticus; Plasmodium relictum; Zenaida; blood; coevolution; doves; extinction; haplotypes; parasites; population dynamics; risk; screening; Chile
Abstract:
... Blood parasites exert significant selective pressure, which can alter population dynamics, and the introduction of new parasite lineages in a region could lead to the extinction of endemic avian species that have not coevolved with them. The avifauna of the Pampa del Tamarugal in the desert of Atacama, Chile, is highly depauperate, with two species accounting for the greatest numbers: the widespre ...
DOI:
10.1071/MU15090

9. First data on the genetic diversity of avian haemosporidians in China: cytochrome b lineages of the genera Plasmodium and Haemoproteus (Haemosporida) from Gansu Province

Author:
Pavel Zehtindjiev; Karina Ivanova; Jean Mariaux; Boyko B. Georgiev
Source:
Parasitology research 2013 v.112 no.10 pp. 3509-3515
ISSN:
0932-0113
Subject:
Centaurea; DNA; Haemoproteus; Lanius; Parus major; Passer montanus; Plasmodium relictum; Turdus; birds; blood; cytochrome b; genes; genetic variation; new species; parasites; polymerase chain reaction; China
Abstract:
... A total of 76 birds belonging to 23 species and 14 families was examined for the presence of Plasmodium spp. and Haemoproteus spp. Birds were trapped at four localities in Gansu Province, China, in June-July 2011. DNA was isolated from blood samples and parasite detection, and identification was based on PCR assays and sequences of 479 bp of cyt b gene. The total prevalence of haemosporidians was ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-013-3533-x
PubMed:
23851731

10. Are chronic avian haemosporidian infections costly in wild birds?

Author:
Muhammad Asghar; Dennis Hasselquist; Staffan Bensch
Source:
Journal of avian biology 2011 v.42 no.6 pp. 530-537
ISSN:
0908-8857
Subject:
Acrocephalus; Haemoproteus; Plasmodium relictum; adults; blood; breeding season; breeding sites; females; life history; males; mixed infection; parasitemia; parasites; progeny; spring; wild birds; Sweden
Abstract:
... One group of commonly found parasites in birds, for which fitness consequences and effects on life history traits have been much debated are Haemosporidian blood parasites. In a long term study population of great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus in Sweden, previous studies have shown that the Haemosporidian blood parasites are in their chronic phase during the breeding season and that the ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05281.x

11. Hemosporidian blood parasites in seabirds—a comparative genetic study of species from Antarctic to tropical habitats

Author:
Quillfeldt, Petra; Martínez, Javier; Hennicke, Janos; Ludynia, Katrin; Gladbach, Anja; Masello, Juan F.; Riou, Samuel; Merino, Santiago
Source:
Naturwissenschaften 2010 v.97 no.9 pp. 809-817
ISSN:
0028-1042
Subject:
DNA; DNA fragmentation; Fregata; Haemoproteus; Larus crassirostris; Leucocytozoon; Pachyptila belcheri; Plasmodium relictum; adults; blood; cytochrome b; dolphins; genes; habitats; latitude; monophyly; nucleotide sequences; parasites; polymerase chain reaction; screening; seabirds; Antarctic region; Antarctica; Indian Ocean
Abstract:
... Whereas some bird species are heavily affected by blood parasites in the wild, others reportedly are not. Seabirds, in particular, are often free from blood parasites, even in the presence of potential vectors. By means of polymerase chain reaction, we amplified a DNA fragment from the cytochrome b gene to detect parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon, and Haemoproteus in 14 seabird spe ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00114-010-0698-3
PubMed:
20652673
PubMed Central:
PMC2929341

12. History of the discovery of the malaria parasites and their vectors

Author:
Francis EG Cox
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2010 v.3 no.1 pp. 133
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Anopheles; Haemoproteus; Plasmodium relictum; birds; blood; blood flow; developmental stages; disease vectors; humans; liver; malaria; parasites; patients
Abstract:
... Malaria is caused by infection with protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Plasmodium transmitted by female Anopheles species mosquitoes. Our understanding of the malaria parasites begins in 1880 with the discovery of the parasites in the blood of malaria patients by Alphonse Laveran. The sexual stages in the blood were discovered by William MacCallum in birds infected with a related haematozo ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-3-5
PubMed:
20205846
PubMed Central:
PMC2825508

13. Seasonal variation in Plasmodium prevalence in a population of blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

Author:
Cosgrove, Catherine L.; Wood, Matthew J.; Day, Karen P.; Sheldon, Ben C.
Source:
Journal of animal ecology 2008 v.77 no.3 pp. 540-548
ISSN:
0021-8790
Subject:
Cyanistes caeruleus; Haemoproteus; Plasmodium relictum; age structure; autumn; avian malaria; birds; demography; diagnostic techniques; disease incidence; disease prevalence; environmental factors; host-parasite relationships; hosts; infectious diseases; models; morphospecies; parasites; seasonal variation; spring; temperate zones; wildlife diseases
Abstract:
... 1. Seasonal variation in environmental conditions is ubiquitous and can affect the spread of infectious diseases. Understanding seasonal patterns of disease incidence can help to identify mechanisms, such as the demography of hosts and vectors, which influence parasite transmission dynamics. 2. We examined seasonal variation in Plasmodium infection in a blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus population over ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01370.x
PubMed:
18312339