| the malaria parasite plasmodium relictum in the endemic avifauna of eastern cuba. | island populations are vulnerable to introduced pathogens, as evidenced by extinction or population decline of several endemic hawaiian birds caused by the malaria parasite, plasmodium relictum (order haemosporida). we analyzed blood samples from 363 birds caught near guantánamo bay, cuba, for the presence of haemosporidian infections. we characterized parasite lineages by determining nucleotide variation of the parasite's mitochondrial cyt b gene. fifty-nine individuals were infected, and we id ... | 2017 | 28766818 |