| identification of plasmodium (haemamoeba) lutzi (lucena, 1939) from turdus fuscater (great thrush) in colombia. | this study reports a broadening of the altitudinal range and a new host for plasmodium (haemamoeba) lutzi in colombia. the study was conducted in the city of bogotá, located in the eastern cordillera of colombia at 2,560 m asl (meters above sea level) with an average annual temperature of 15 c. in total, 156 specimens of birds belonging to 25 species and 14 families were captured using mist nets. the blood samples were collected through venipuncture and analyzed by light microscopy. plasmodium ( ... | 2013 | 23517409 |
| in situ hybridization and sequence analysis reveal an association of plasmodium spp. with mortalities in wild passerine birds in austria. | native european passerine birds are frequently clinically inapparent carriers of haemosporidian parasites of the genus plasmodium. clinical disease and death are only exceptionally reported. in the present study, tissue samples of 233 wild passerine birds found dead in eastern austria were examined by in situ hybridization (ish) and partial cytochrome b gene sequence analysis for the presence, abundance and taxonomic assignment of plasmodium spp. in 34 cases (14.6%), ish yielded a positive resul ... | 2015 | 25636246 |
| avian haemosporidians from neotropical highlands: evidence from morphological and molecular data. | avian haemosporidian parasites have been scarcely studied in the neotropical highlands despite the high avian diversity reported and the uniqueness of these ecosystems. the aims of this study were to examine haemoproteus and plasmodium diversity based on morphological and molecular data, as well as to explore the concordance between these two approaches, when identifying species. we sampled 1487 birds belonging to 166 species, in localities of the colombian andean region at elevations ranging fr ... | 2015 | 25638289 |