Investigation of Babesia sp. in pygoscelid penguins at the South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Francisco C. Ferreira Junior, Daniela de Angeli Dutra, Sabrina Epiphanio, Érika M. Braga, Pierre A. Pistorius, José Luiz Catão-Dias
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2018
• Subjects: Antarctica; blood; seabird; Spheniscidae; tick-borne pathogen; geo; envir; Antarctic; Deception Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; antarcticus; Polar Research; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2018.1500267; https://doaj.org/article/11bf9cc1bd754a6da86aae6f0f699d39

Babesia spp. are tick-borne parasites, and 16 avian-infecting species have been described to date, including one species (Babesia peircei) that infects penguins. Considering the results of a recent study reporting Babesia sp. in penguins on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, we re-examined th...