| fat of the wild avian filarial nematode chandlerella quiscali (onchocercidae: filarioidea) in the domestic chicken. | chandlerella quiscali is a filarial nematode parasitizing the brain of the common grackle (quiscalus quiscula versicolor), blue jay (cyanocitta cristata bromia), brown-headed cowbird (molothrus ater ater), and starling (sturnus vulgaris). filarial infections of many wild bird species are common but natural infections of domestic fowl are rare. the habits of many wild birds commonly bring them in close association with domestic poultry. because of the high prevalence of c. quiscali in grackles (9 ... | 1980 | 7393850 |
| theoretical potential of passerine filariasis to enhance the enzootic transmission of west nile virus. | vertebrate reservoirs of arboviruses are often infected with microfilariae (mf). laboratory studies have shown that mf can enhance the infectivity of arboviruses to mosquitoes. soon after being ingested, mf penetrate the mosquito midgut. if the host blood also contains virus (i.e., vertebrate is dually infected), penetrating mf may introduce virus into the hemocoel. this can transform otherwise virus-incompetent mosquito species into virus-competent species and simultaneously accelerate viral de ... | 2012 | 23270173 |
| absence of wolbachia endobacteria in chandlerella quiscali: an avian filarial parasite. | abstract chandlerella quiscali is a filarial nematode parasite of the common grackle (quiscalus quiscula), a widespread bird species found throughout most of north america. worms collected from wild-caught birds were morphologically identified as c. quiscali and tested for the presence of wolbachia, an alphaproteobacterial endosymbiont required for reproduction and maturation by many filarial species. although various methods, including pcr, in situ hybridization and immunohistology, were empl ... | 2011 | 22032328 |