Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar
Abstract Background Relatively little is known about the prevalence of blood parasites in shorebirds, especially those breeding in the tropics. The prevalence of blood parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon was assessed in blood samples from Kentish plovers and cream-colo...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:72e16ff101ca4d5190a6875810133ec4 2023-05-15T15:02:49+02:00 Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar Josué Martínez-de la Puente Luke J. Eberhart-Phillips M. Cristina Carmona-Isunza Sama Zefania María José Navarro Oliver Kruger Joseph Ivan Hoffman Tamás Székely Jordi Figuerola 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1892-y https://doaj.org/article/72e16ff101ca4d5190a6875810133ec4 EN eng BMC http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1892-y https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875 doi:10.1186/s12936-017-1892-y 1475-2875 https://doaj.org/article/72e16ff101ca4d5190a6875810133ec4 Malaria Journal, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2017) Avian malaria Plasmodium Haemoproteus Leucocytozoon Wild birds Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1892-y 2022-12-31T12:26:55Z Abstract Background Relatively little is known about the prevalence of blood parasites in shorebirds, especially those breeding in the tropics. The prevalence of blood parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon was assessed in blood samples from Kentish plovers and cream-coloured coursers in Cape Verde, and samples of Kittlitz’s plovers, Madagascar plovers and white-fronted plovers in Madagascar. Results Only two of these samples were positive for Plasmodium: a Kittlitz’s plover was infected by a generalist lineage of Plasmodium that has already been reported in Europe and Africa, while in a white-fronted plover direct sequencing revealed a previously un-described Plasmodium lineage. Conclusion Potential explanations for the low prevalence of blood parasites include the scarcity of vectors in habitats used by these bird species and their resistance to parasitic infections. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Malaria Journal 16 1 |
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Avian malaria Plasmodium Haemoproteus Leucocytozoon Wild birds Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Josué Martínez-de la Puente Luke J. Eberhart-Phillips M. Cristina Carmona-Isunza Sama Zefania María José Navarro Oliver Kruger Joseph Ivan Hoffman Tamás Székely Jordi Figuerola Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar |
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Abstract Background Relatively little is known about the prevalence of blood parasites in shorebirds, especially those breeding in the tropics. The prevalence of blood parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon was assessed in blood samples from Kentish plovers and cream-coloured coursers in Cape Verde, and samples of Kittlitz’s plovers, Madagascar plovers and white-fronted plovers in Madagascar. Results Only two of these samples were positive for Plasmodium: a Kittlitz’s plover was infected by a generalist lineage of Plasmodium that has already been reported in Europe and Africa, while in a white-fronted plover direct sequencing revealed a previously un-described Plasmodium lineage. Conclusion Potential explanations for the low prevalence of blood parasites include the scarcity of vectors in habitats used by these bird species and their resistance to parasitic infections. |
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Josué Martínez-de la Puente Luke J. Eberhart-Phillips M. Cristina Carmona-Isunza Sama Zefania María José Navarro Oliver Kruger Joseph Ivan Hoffman Tamás Székely Jordi Figuerola |
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Josué Martínez-de la Puente Luke J. Eberhart-Phillips M. Cristina Carmona-Isunza Sama Zefania María José Navarro Oliver Kruger Joseph Ivan Hoffman Tamás Székely Jordi Figuerola |
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Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar |
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Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar |
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Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar |
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Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar |
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Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar |
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extremely low plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from cape verde and madagascar |
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