• Avian malaria is a parasitic disease of birds, caused by parasite species belonging to the genera Plasmodium and Hemoproteus (phylum Apicomplexa, class...
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    populations in some of its range and its susceptibility to fowlpox and avian malaria. Avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) is an introduced disease that is spread...
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    declines which are thought to be due to avian malaria. Though there is no direct evidence implicating avian malaria in the decline of the ʻalalā, they are...
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    Plasmodium (redirect from Malaria parasite)
    Species". Avian Malaria Parasites and Other Haemosporidia. CRC Press. pp. 27–35. ISBN 9780415300971. Valkiunas, Gediminas (2004). "Pathogenicity". Avian Malaria...
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    Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates. Human malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting...
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  • than any other protist. P. vaughani is the second commonest species of avian malaria parasites after P. relictum. P. inconstans, P. irae, P. praecox, P....
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  • 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2022-01-14. Valkiunas, Gediminas (28 October 2004). Avian Malaria Parasites and other Haemosporidia. CRC Press. p. 592. ISBN 9780203643792...
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    the 1950s, screening of anti-malarial drugs was carried out on avian malaria. Avian malaria species differ from those that infect humans. The discovery in...
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    (July 1, 1954). "Studies on Avian Malaria in Vectors and Hosts of Encephalitis in Kern County, California – I. Infections in Avian Hosts". The American Journal...
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    ʻapapane if the lesions inhibit feeding, seeing, or perching. Like avian malaria, avian pox is transmitted by mosquitoes and birds infected with one are...
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    Japanese encephalitis, or St. Louis encephalitis, but also filariasis and avian malaria. They occur worldwide except for the extreme northern parts of the temperate...
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    established the importance of culex mosquitoes as intermediate hosts in avian malaria. On 4 July he discovered that the salivary gland was the storage sites...
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  • honeycreeper still exist. Threats to species include habitat loss, avian malaria, predation by non-native mammals, and competition from non-native birds...
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    can kill large numbers of sparrows. The house sparrow hosts avian pox and avian malaria, which it has spread to the native forest birds of Hawaii. Many...
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    Nicholas; Adlard, Robert; Clegg, Sonya (2014). "First evidence of avian malaria in Capricorn Silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis chlorocephalus) on Heron...
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    Preliminary studies, such as one conducted in 2001, found no evidence of Avian malaria or Marek's disease in Galápagos penguin populations. Despite these findings...
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    subtropical regions of the world. It is a vector of Wuchereria bancrofti, avian malaria, and arboviruses including St. Louis encephalitis virus, Western equine...
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    Maui in Hawaiʻi. The ʻākohekohe is susceptible to mosquito‐transmitted avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) and only breeds in high‐elevation wet forests...
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    parrotbill lacks resistance to mosquito-born diseases, particularly avian malaria, so only forests above 1500 meters of elevation provide refuge. The...
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    vegetation) which create large canopy gaps that are not adequate for owls. Avian malaria or Plasmodium relictum affects owls and specifically, 44% of northern...
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    and indirectly affect the parrotbill's survival. Mosquitoes spread avian malaria, which the parrotbill is susceptible to, rats prey upon the birds' eggs...
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    the last species of this genus to become extinct, likely a victim of avian malaria. Until recently, the birds in this genus were thought to belong to the...
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    disease, specifically avian malaria, was not identified until 1897 when Sir Ronald Ross identified mosquitoes as a vector for malaria. Conopeum or Conopium...
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    high populations of pueo. Pueo appear to be somewhat resistant to the avian malaria that has devastated many other endemic bird populations in Hawaii; however...
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    offspring into the wild"; however, worry about the spread of new strains of avian malaria is a major concern in the situation. Bringing the birds inland led to...
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    November 2021. Santiago-Alarcon, Diego; Alfonso, Marzal, eds. (2020). Avian Malaria and Related Parasites in the Tropics : Ecology, Evolution and Systematics...
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    which were first displayed in 2013, but there were several outbreaks of avian malaria in September 2016 and December 2018. Containing many animals previously...
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    Parasites, which are usually divided into: Unicellular organisms (e.g. malaria, Toxoplasma, Babesia) Macroparasites (worms or helminths) including nematodes...
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    the 21st century. A primary threat is mosquito-borne diseases such as avian malaria. Attempts to relocate kiwikiu to higher elevations were unsuccessful...
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    harmed by avian malaria, and its spread to these birds correlates with the arrival of the invasive southern house mosquito, a known avian malaria vector...
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