| 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 |