Host Specialization and Geographic Localization of Avian Malaria Parasites: A Regional Analysis in the Lesser Antilles

2005 ◽  
Vol 165 (4) ◽  
pp. 466-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia M. Fallon ◽  
Eldredge Bermingham ◽  
Robert E. Ricklefs
Keyword(s):  
Avian Malaria ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
Host Specialization ◽  
Lesser Antilles ◽  
Malaria Parasites ◽  
Avian Malaria Parasites

scholarly journals Assessing Diversity, Plasmodium Infection and Blood Meal Sources in Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from a Brazilian Zoological Park with Avian Malaria Transmission

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
Lilian de Oliveira Guimarães ◽  
Roseli França Simões ◽  
Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas ◽  
Regiane Maria Tironi de Menezes ◽  
Fabiana Santos Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Meal ◽  
Avian Malaria ◽  
Mosquito Species ◽  
Plasmodium Species ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Malaria Parasites ◽  
Ecological Relationships ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Avian Malaria Parasites

Avian malaria parasites are widespread parasites transmitted by Culicidae insects belonging to different genera. Even though several studies have been conducted recently, there is still a lack of information about potential vectors of Plasmodium parasites, especially in Neotropical regions. Former studies with free-living and captive animals in São Paulo Zoo showed the presence of several Plasmodium and Haemoproteus species. In 2015, a pilot study was conducted at the zoo to collect mosquitoes in order to find out (i) which species of Culicidae are present in the study area, (ii) what are their blood meal sources, and (iii) to which Plasmodium species might they be potential vectors. Mosquitoes were morphologically and molecularly identified. Blood meal source and haemosporidian DNA were identified using molecular protocols. A total of 25 Culicidae species were identified, and 6 of them were positive for Plasmodium/Haemoproteus DNA. Ten mosquito species had their source of blood meal identified, which were mainly birds, including some species that were positive for haemosporidian parasites in the former study mentioned. This study allowed us to expand the list of potential vectors of avian malaria parasites and to improve our knowledge of the evolutionary and ecological relationships between the highly diverse communities of birds, parasites, and vectors present at São Paulo Zoo.

Avian Malaria Parasites Share Congeneric Mosquito Vectors

2010 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kimura ◽  
J. M. Darbro ◽  
L. C. Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Avian Malaria ◽  
Mosquito Vectors ◽  
Malaria Parasites ◽  
Avian Malaria Parasites

Cultivation of avian malaria parasites in mammalian liver cells

1974 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.L. Beaudoin ◽  
C.P.A. Strome ◽  
W.G. Clutter
Keyword(s):  
Avian Malaria ◽  
Liver Cells ◽  
Malaria Parasites ◽  
Mammalian Liver ◽  
Avian Malaria Parasites

scholarly journals De novo transcriptome assembly and preliminary analyses of two avian malaria parasites, Plasmodium delichoni and Plasmodium homocircumflexum

Genomics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 111 (6) ◽  
pp. 1815-1823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Weinberg ◽  
Jasper Toscani Field ◽  
Mikas Ilgūnas ◽  
Dovilė Bukauskaitė ◽  
Tatjana Iezhova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Avian Malaria ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Transcriptome Assembly ◽  
De Novo Transcriptome Assembly ◽  
De Novo Transcriptome ◽  
Malaria Parasites ◽  
Avian Malaria Parasites
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