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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 ...201525638289
description and molecular characterization of plasmodium (novyella) unalis sp. nov. from the great thrush (turdus fuscater) in highland of colombia.plasmodium (novyella) unalis sp. nov. was found in the great thrush, turdus fuscater (passeriformes, turdidae) in bogotá, colombia, at 2,560 m above sea level where the active transmission occurs. this parasite is described based on the morphology of its blood stages and a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (lineage un227). illustrations of blood stages of new species are given, and the phylogenetic analysis identifies closely related species and lineages of avian malaria parasites. ...201324048707
molecular and morphological characterization of a brazilian lineage of plasmodium (novyella) unalis in turdus spp. (passeriformes) of the atlantic forest, with remarks on new hosts and high genetic variation.plasmodium spp. are haemosporidian protozoans that alternate their live cycles between bloodsucking culicidae dipterans and vertebrate hosts (mammals, reptiles and birds). in birds, these parasites are the causative agents of the so called avian malaria, a disease associated with considerable declines and extinctions in the avifauna in different geographical regions. in this work, we applied a multidisciplinary approach, light microscopy and cytochrome oxidase b (cyt b) gene sequence analysis fo ...201728930498
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