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

A Fecchio, CRF Chagas, JA Bell, K Kirchgatter - Acta Tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
Haemosporidian parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon, and Haemoproteus
are one of the most prevalent and widely studied groups of parasites infecting birds …

Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions

A Fecchio, NJ Clark, JA Bell, HR Skeen… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Macroecological analyses provide valuable insights into factors that influence how
parasites are distributed across space and among hosts. Amid large uncertainties that arise …

Ecology and evolution of avian malaria: implications of land use changes and climate change on disease dynamics

F Ishtiaq - Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 2021 - Springer
Malaria is the deadliest of all mosquito-borne diseases. Thousands of malaria parasite
species exploit squamate reptiles, birds, and mammals as vertebrate hosts as well as …

Avian haemosporidian parasites of accipitriform raptors

J Harl, T Himmel, G Valkiūnas, M Ilgūnas, N Nedorost… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Abstract 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 …

Leucocytozoon cariamae n. sp. and Haemoproteus pulcher coinfection in Cariama cristata (Aves: Cariamiformes): first mitochondrial genome analysis and …

LMC Vieira, PHO Pereira, DA da Rocha Vilela… - Parasitology, 2023 - cambridge.org
The distribution of avian haemosporidians of the genus Leucocytozoon in the Neotropics
remains poorly understood. Recent studies confirmed their presence in the region using …

[图书][B] Parasitology: a conceptual approach

ES Loker, BV Hofkin - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Produced amidst the still rippling effects of a pandemic and as the world experiences the
increasing burden of global warming and a rapidly changing biosphere, the second edition …

Migrant birds disperse haemosporidian parasites and affect their transmission in avian communities

D de Angeli Dutra, A Filion, A Fecchio, ÉM Braga… - Oikos, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Migration has an important impact on the transmission of pathogens. Migratory birds
disperse parasites through their routes and may consequently introduce them to new areas …

Avian malaria and related parasites in the tropics

D Santiago-Alarcon, A Marzal, G Valkiunas… - Ecology, Evolution and …, 2020 - Springer
To my lovely wife Ana Marina who has taught me empathy and that living is enjoying the
small everyday gifts that nature gives us for free. To my parents, Francisco Javier and María …

Influence of land use and host species on parasite richness, prevalence and co-infection patterns

S Reis, M Melo, R Covas, C Doutrelant… - International journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tropical forests are experiencing increasing impacts from a multitude of anthropogenic
activities such as logging and conversion to agricultural use. These perturbations are …

Large-scale disease patterns explained by climatic seasonality and host traits

A Filion, A Eriksson, F Jorge, CN Niebuhr, R Poulin - Oecologia, 2020 - Springer
Understanding factors affecting the distribution of vector-borne diseases in space and
across species is of prime importance to conservation ecologists. Identifying the underlying …