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Avian Malaria and Related Parasites from Resident and Migratory Birds in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with Description of a New Haemoproteus Species
Determining the prevalence and local transmission dynamics of parasitic organisms are necessary to understand the ability of parasites to persist in host populations and disperse across regions, yet local transmission dynamics, diversity, and distribution of haemosporidian parasites remain poorly un...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7912314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33494428 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020103 |
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author | Anjos, Carolina C. Chagas, Carolina R. F. Fecchio, Alan Schunck, Fabio Costa-Nascimento, Maria J. Monteiro, Eliana F. Mathias, Bruno S. Bell, Jeffrey A. Guimarães, Lilian O. Comiche, Kiba J. M. Valkiūnas, Gediminas Kirchgatter, Karin |
author_facet | Anjos, Carolina C. Chagas, Carolina R. F. Fecchio, Alan Schunck, Fabio Costa-Nascimento, Maria J. Monteiro, Eliana F. Mathias, Bruno S. Bell, Jeffrey A. Guimarães, Lilian O. Comiche, Kiba J. M. Valkiūnas, Gediminas Kirchgatter, Karin |
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description | Determining the prevalence and local transmission dynamics of parasitic organisms are necessary to understand the ability of parasites to persist in host populations and disperse across regions, yet local transmission dynamics, diversity, and distribution of haemosporidian parasites remain poorly understood. We studied the prevalence, diversity, and distributions of avian haemosporidian parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon among resident and migratory birds in Serra do Mar, Brazil. Using 399 blood samples from 66 Atlantic Forest bird species, we determined the prevalence and molecular diversity of these pathogens across avian host species and described a new species of Haemoproteus. Our molecular and morphological study also revealed that migratory species were infected more than residents. However, vector infective stages (gametocytes) of Leucocytozoon spp., the most prevalent parasites found in the most abundant migrating host species in Serra do Mar (Elaenia albiceps), were not seen in blood films of local birds suggesting that this long-distance Austral migrant can disperse Leucocytozoon parasite lineages from Patagonia to the Atlantic Forest, but lineage sharing among resident species and local transmission cannot occur in this part of Brazil. Our study demonstrates that migratory species may harbor a higher diversity and prevalence of parasites than resident species, but transportation of some parasites by migratory hosts may not always affect local transmission. |
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spelling | pubmed-79123142021-02-28 Avian Malaria and Related Parasites from Resident and Migratory Birds in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with Description of a New Haemoproteus Species Anjos, Carolina C. Chagas, Carolina R. F. Fecchio, Alan Schunck, Fabio Costa-Nascimento, Maria J. Monteiro, Eliana F. Mathias, Bruno S. Bell, Jeffrey A. Guimarães, Lilian O. Comiche, Kiba J. M. Valkiūnas, Gediminas Kirchgatter, Karin Pathogens Article Determining the prevalence and local transmission dynamics of parasitic organisms are necessary to understand the ability of parasites to persist in host populations and disperse across regions, yet local transmission dynamics, diversity, and distribution of haemosporidian parasites remain poorly understood. We studied the prevalence, diversity, and distributions of avian haemosporidian parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon among resident and migratory birds in Serra do Mar, Brazil. Using 399 blood samples from 66 Atlantic Forest bird species, we determined the prevalence and molecular diversity of these pathogens across avian host species and described a new species of Haemoproteus. Our molecular and morphological study also revealed that migratory species were infected more than residents. However, vector infective stages (gametocytes) of Leucocytozoon spp., the most prevalent parasites found in the most abundant migrating host species in Serra do Mar (Elaenia albiceps), were not seen in blood films of local birds suggesting that this long-distance Austral migrant can disperse Leucocytozoon parasite lineages from Patagonia to the Atlantic Forest, but lineage sharing among resident species and local transmission cannot occur in this part of Brazil. Our study demonstrates that migratory species may harbor a higher diversity and prevalence of parasites than resident species, but transportation of some parasites by migratory hosts may not always affect local transmission. MDPI 2021-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7912314/ /pubmed/33494428 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020103 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Anjos, Carolina C. Chagas, Carolina R. F. Fecchio, Alan Schunck, Fabio Costa-Nascimento, Maria J. Monteiro, Eliana F. Mathias, Bruno S. Bell, Jeffrey A. Guimarães, Lilian O. Comiche, Kiba J. M. Valkiūnas, Gediminas Kirchgatter, Karin Avian Malaria and Related Parasites from Resident and Migratory Birds in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with Description of a New Haemoproteus Species |
title | Avian Malaria and Related Parasites from Resident and Migratory Birds in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with Description of a New Haemoproteus Species |
title_full | Avian Malaria and Related Parasites from Resident and Migratory Birds in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with Description of a New Haemoproteus Species |
title_fullStr | Avian Malaria and Related Parasites from Resident and Migratory Birds in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with Description of a New Haemoproteus Species |
title_full_unstemmed | Avian Malaria and Related Parasites from Resident and Migratory Birds in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with Description of a New Haemoproteus Species |
title_short | Avian Malaria and Related Parasites from Resident and Migratory Birds in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with Description of a New Haemoproteus Species |
title_sort | avian malaria and related parasites from resident and migratory birds in the brazilian atlantic forest, with description of a new haemoproteus species |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7912314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33494428 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020103 |
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