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Evolutionary ecology, taxonomy, and systematics of avian malaria and related parasites
- Source :
- Acta Tropica. 204:105364
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
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Abstract
- Haemosporidian parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon, and Haemoproteus are one of the most prevalent and widely studied groups of parasites infecting birds. Plasmodium is the most well-known haemosporidian as the avian parasite Plasmodium relictum was the original transmission model for human malaria and was also responsible for catastrophic effects on native avifauna when introduced to Hawaii. The past two decades have seen a dramatic increase in research on avian haemosporidian parasites as a model system to understand evolutionary and ecological parasite-host relationships. Despite haemosporidians being one the best studied groups of avian parasites their specialization among avian hosts and variation in prevalence amongst regions and host taxa are not fully understood. In this review we focus on describing the current phylogenetic and morphological diversity of haemosporidian parasites, their specificity among avian and vector hosts, and identifying the determinants of haemosporidian prevalence among avian species. We also discuss how these parasites might spread across regions due to global climate change and the importance of avian migratory behavior in parasite dispersion and subsequent diversification.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Systematics
Plasmodium
Leucocytozoon
Malaria, Avian
Climate Change
Veterinary (miscellaneous)
030231 tropical medicine
Zoology
Biology
Hawaii
Host-Parasite Interactions
Birds
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Avian malaria
Phylogenetics
Prevalence
medicine
Animals
Phylogeny
Ecology
030108 mycology & parasitology
Haemosporida
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Plasmodium relictum
Infectious Diseases
Insect Science
Parasitology
Evolutionary ecology
Haemoproteus
Malaria
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0001706X
- Volume :
- 204
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Tropica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....89bb69973d54b94a58e4dbe9692f9754