Academic Journal
Haemosporidian parasite diversity in an under-surveyed Australian avifauna
| العنوان: | Haemosporidian parasite diversity in an under-surveyed Australian avifauna |
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| المؤلفون: | Hoppe, Ian R., Johnson, Allison E., VanWormer, Elizabeth |
| المصدر: | Papers in Natural Resources |
| بيانات النشر: | DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | University of Nebraska-Lincoln: DigitalCommons@UNL |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Avian blood parasites, Haemoproteus, Haemosporida, Mallee, Plasmodium, South Australia, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources and Conservation, Natural Resources Management and Policy, Other Environmental Sciences |
| الوصف: | Haemosporidian parasites of birds are geographically widespread, have been detected in a phylogenetically diverse array of hosts, and have been the focus of extensive research due to both their impacts on birds and their similarity to vector-borne diseases of humans. Advances in molecular diagnostic tools have created a greater awareness of the genetic diversity of haemosporidian infections. Yet in spite of their more or less global distribution, comparatively little is known about the haemosporidians affecting birds in Australia. We screened blood from 889 birds (23 species) for haemosporidian blood parasite infections during the 2019 breeding season at Brookfield Conservation Park, South Australia. We examined the genetic (lineage) diversity of haemosporidian infections in this behaviorally and ecologically diverse host assemblage and examined the congruence between parasite and host phylogenies. We identified seven Haemoproteus mitochondrial cytochrome b lineages, five of which were novel. Four birds had simultaneous co-infections by two Haemoproteus lineages each. The Haemoproteus lineages clustered at the host family level. Two Plasmodium lineages were also identified, each of which had been previously detected in different avian host species in Australasia. We did not detect any Leucocytozoon infections in our sample. This study supplies critical baseline data on host–parasite associations in a poorly-surveyed geographic region. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | text |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| Relation: | https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natrespapers/1517; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/natrespapers/article/2500/viewcontent/Hoppe_EMU_2022_Haemosporidian_parasite__MS_FINAL.pdf; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/natrespapers/article/2500/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Hoppe_EMU_2022_Haemosporidian_parasite_diversity__SUPPL.docx |
| الاتاحة: | https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natrespapers/1517 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/natrespapers/article/2500/viewcontent/Hoppe_EMU_2022_Haemosporidian_parasite__MS_FINAL.pdf https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/natrespapers/article/2500/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Hoppe_EMU_2022_Haemosporidian_parasite_diversity__SUPPL.docx |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.9014CE75 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |