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A cautionary note concerning Plasmodium in apes

scientific article published on 14 April 2011

A comparative analysis of microscopy and PCR-based detection methods for blood parasites

scientific article published on December 2008

A method to preserve low parasitaemia Plasmodium-infected avian blood for host and vector infectivity assays

scientific article published on 11 March 2016

A new Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from the endemic Galapagos dove Zenaida galapagoensis, with remarks on the parasite distribution, vectors, and molecular diagnostics

scientific article

A new blood parasite of leaf warblers: molecular characterization, phylogenetic relationships, description and identification of vectors

scientific article published on 04 October 2018

A new method for isolation of purified genomic DNA from haemosporidian parasites inhabiting nucleated red blood cells

scientific article published on 23 December 2012

A new methodology for sporogony research of avian haemoproteids in laboratory-reared Culicoides spp., with a description of the complete sporogonic development of Haemoproteus pastoris

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

A new morphologically distinct avian malaria parasite that fails detection by established polymerase chain reaction-based protocols for amplification of the cytochrome B gene

scientific article

A new one-step multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection and identification of avian haemosporidian parasites

scientific article published on 07 December 2018

Abortive long-lasting sporogony of two Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) in the mosquito Ochlerotatus cantans, with perspectives on haemosporidian vector research

scientific article published on 16 March 2013

Additional Observations on Blood Parasites of Birds in Costa Rica

scholarly article by Gediminas Valkiūnas et al published July 2004 in Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Avian haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida): A comparative analysis of different polymerase chain reaction assays in detection of mixed infections

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Avian haemosporidian parasites of accipitriform raptors

scientific article published on 05 January 2022

Avian migration and the distribution of malaria parasites in New World passerine birds

scholarly article by Robert Ricklefs et al published 18 December 2016 in Journal of Biogeography

Biting midges (Culicoides, Diptera) transmit Haemoproteus parasites of owls: evidence from sporogony and molecular phylogeny.

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

Blood parasites in owls with conservation implications for the Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)

scientific article

Blood parasites of chickens in Uganda and Cameroon with molecular descriptions of Leucocytozoon schoutedeni and Trypanosoma gallinarum

scientific article published on December 2006

Case 3089. Leucocytozoon (Protista, Haemosporida): proposed adoption of Berestneff, 1904 as the author and of Leukocytozoen danilewskyi Ziemann, 1898 as the type species

Characterization of Plasmodium relictum, a cosmopolitan agent of avian malaria

scientific article published on 2 May 2018

Complete development of three species of Haemoproteus (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) in the biting midge Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae).

scientific article

Complete sporogony of Plasmodium relictum (lineage pGRW4) in mosquitoes Culex pipiens pipiens, with implications on avian malaria epidemiology

scientific article published on 10 May 2015

Complete sporogony of Plasmodium relictum (lineages pSGS1 and pGRW11) in mosquito Culex pipiens pipiens form molestus, with implications to avian malaria epidemiology

scientific article published in December 2014

Complete sporogony of the blood parasite Haemoproteus nucleocondensus in common biting midges: why is its transmission interrupted in Europe?

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

Coquillettidia (Culicidae, Diptera) mosquitoes are natural vectors of avian malaria in Africa

scientific article

De novo transcriptome assembly and preliminary analyses of two avian malaria parasites, Plasmodium delichoni and Plasmodium homocircumflexum

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Deforestation does not affect the prevalence of a common trypanosome in African birds

scientific article published on 12 July 2016

Delineation of the Genera Haemoproteus and Plasmodium Using RNA-Seq and Multi-gene Phylogenetics.

scientific article published on 13 November 2018

Description and Molecular Characterization of Two Species of Avian Blood Parasites, with Remarks on Circadian Rhythms of Avian Haematozoa Infections

scientific article published in 2021

Description and molecular characterization of Haemoproteus macrovacuolatus n. sp. (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), a morphologically unique blood parasite of black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) from South America.

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Description and molecular characterization of Plasmodium (Novyella) unalis sp. nov. from the Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater) in highland of Colombia

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Description and molecular characterization of a new Leucocytozoon parasite (Haemosporida: Leucocytozoidae), Leucocytozoon californicus sp. nov., found in American kestrels (Falco sparverius sparverius).

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Description and molecular characterization of novel Leucocytozoon parasite (Apicomplexa: Haemosporida: Leucocytozoidae), Leucocytozoon polynuclearis n. sp. found in North American woodpeckers ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2022

Description of Haemoproteus asymmetricus n. sp. (Haemoproteidae), with remarks on predictability of the DNA haplotype networks in haemosporidian parasite taxonomy research

scholarly article published in 2021

Description of Haemoproteus ciconiae sp. nov. (Haemoproteidae, Haemosporida) from the white stork Ciconia ciconia, with remarks on insensitivity of established polymerase chain reaction assays to detect this infection

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Description of Leucocytozoon quynzae sp. nov. (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae) from hummingbirds, with remarks on distribution and possible vectors of leucocytozoids in South America.

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Description of the first cryptic avian malaria parasite, Plasmodium homocircumflexum n. sp., with experimental data on its virulence and development in avian hosts and mosquitoes

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Description, molecular characterisation, diagnostics and life cycle of Plasmodium elongatum (lineage pERIRUB01), the virulent avian malaria parasite

scientific article published on 24 June 2016

Description, molecular characterization, and patterns of distribution of a widespread New World avian malaria parasite (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae), Plasmodium (Novyella) homopolare sp. nov.

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Detrimental effects of Haemoproteus infections on the survival of biting midge Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).

scientific article published in February 2004

Development of Trypanosoma everetti in Culicoides biting midges

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

Differential gene expression of Plasmodium homocircumflexum (lineage pCOLL4) across two experimentally infected passerine bird species

scientific article published on 29 March 2020

Disentangling Leucocytozoon parasite diversity in the neotropics: Descriptions of two new species and shortcomings of molecular diagnostics for leucocytozoids

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Diversity and distribution of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites in captive birds from a Brazilian megalopolis

scientific article published on 17 February 2017

Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of hemosporidian parasites in birds of Socorro Island, México, and their role in the re-introduction of the Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni).

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Diversity, loss, and gain of malaria parasites in a globally invasive bird ⬇️

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Does avian malaria infection affect feather stable isotope signatures?

scientific article published on 14 June 2011

Dynamics of parasitemia of malaria parasites in a naturally and experimentally infected migratory songbird, the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

scientific article published on 13 January 2008

Effect of Haemoproteus belopolskyi (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) on body mass of the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

scientific article published in October 2006

Environmental, geographical and time‐related impacts on avian malaria infections in native and introduced populations of house sparrows (<i>Passer domesticus</i>), a globally invasive species

scientific article published in 2023

Evidence for cryptic speciation of Leucocytozoon spp. (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae) in diurnal raptors

scientific article published on April 2006

Exo-erythrocytic development of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites

scientific article

Experimental characterization of the complete life cycle of Haemoproteus columbae, with a description of a natural host-parasite system used to study this infection

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Experimental evidence for hybridization of closely related lineages in Plasmodium relictum

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Factors affecting the relapse of Haemoproteus belopolskyi infections and the parasitaemia of Trypanosoma spp. in a naturally infected European songbird, the blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla

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Further observations on in vitro hybridization of hemosporidian parasites: patterns of ookinete development in Haemoproteus spp.

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Further observations on the blood parasites of birds in Uganda

scientific article published on July 2005

Genomic resources notes accepted 1 June 2013-31 July 2013.

scientific article published on 25 September 2013

Geographic and host distribution of haemosporidian parasite lineages from birds of the family Turdidae

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

Global phylogeography of the avian malaria pathogen Plasmodium relictum based on MSP1 allelic diversity

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Haemoproteosis lethality in a woodpecker, with molecular and morphological characterization of Haemoproteus velans (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae)

scientific article published on 19 July 2019

Haemoproteus cyanomitrae sp. nov. (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from a widespread African songbird, the olive sunbird, Cyanomitra olivacea

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Haemoproteus erythrogravidus n. sp. (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae): Description and molecular characterization of a widespread blood parasite of birds in South America.

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Haemoproteus infections (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) kill bird-biting mosquitoes

scientific article published on 13 December 2013

Haemoproteus minutus and Haemoproteus belopolskyi (Haemoproteidae): complete sporogony in the biting midge Culicoides impunctatus (Ceratopogonidae), with implications on epidemiology of haemoproteosis

scientific article published on 4 August 2014

Haemoproteus minutus is highly virulent for Australasian and South American parrots

scientific article published on 17 January 2019

Haemoproteus paraortalidum n. sp. in captive Black-fronted Piping-guans Aburria jacutinga (Galliformes, Cracidae): High prevalence in a population reintroduced into the wild

scientific article published on 29 August 2018

Haemoproteus tartakovskyi (Haemoproteidae): Complete sporogony in Culicoides nubeculosus (Ceratopogonidae), with implications for avian haemoproteid experimental research

scientific article published on 23 November 2015

Haemosporidian blood parasites in European birds of prey and owls

scientific article published on June 2008

Haemosporidian infections in skylarks (Alauda arvensis): a comparative PCR-based and microscopy study on the parasite diversity and prevalence in southern Italy and the Netherlands

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Haemosporidian vector research: marriage of molecular and microscopical approaches is essential ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2011

Hemosporidian parasites of free-living birds in the São Paulo Zoo, Brazil

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Hepatozoon ellisgreineri n. sp. (Hepatozoidae): description of the first avian apicomplexan blood parasite inhabiting granulocytes

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High susceptibility of the laboratory-reared biting midges Culicoides nubeculosus to Haemoproteus infections, with review on Culicoides species that transmit avian haemoproteids

scientific article published on 04 September 2018

Hippoboscid-transmitted Haemoproteus parasites (Haemosporida) infect Galapagos Pelecaniform birds: evidence from molecular and morphological studies, with a description of Haemoproteus iwa.

scientific article

Host Transcriptional Responses to High- and Low-Virulent Avian Malaria Parasites

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

How can we determine the molecular clock of malaria parasites?

scientific article published on 03 May 2013

Identification and characterization of the merozoite surface protein 1 (msp1) gene in a host-generalist avian malaria parasite, Plasmodium relictum (lineages SGS1 and GRW4) with the use of blood transcriptome

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Identification of Leucocytozoon toddi group (Haemosporida: Leucocytozoidae), with remarks on the species taxonomy of leucocytozoids

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Identification of a new vector species of avian haemoproteids, with a description of methodology for the determination of natural vectors of haemosporidian parasites.

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

In vitro development of Haemoproteus columbae (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae), with perspectives for genomic studies of avian haemosporidian parasites

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

In vitro development of Haemoproteus parasites: the efficiency of reproductive cells increase during simultaneous sexual process of different lineages

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In vitro hybridization of Haemoproteus spp.: an experimental approach for direct investigation of reproductive isolation of parasites

scientific article published in December 2008

Insights into the Biology of Leucocytozoon Species (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae): Why Is There Slow Research Progress on Agents of Leucocytozoonosis?

scientific article published in 2023

Keys to the avian malaria parasites. ⬇️

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Lankesterella (Apicomplexa, Lankesterellidae) Blood Parasites of Passeriform Birds: Prevalence, Molecular and Morphological Characterization, with Notes on Sporozoite Persistence In Vivo and Development In Vitro

scholarly article published in 2021

Laser capture microdissection microscopy and genome sequencing of the avian malaria parasite, Plasmodium relictum

scientific article published on 21 September 2016

Laser microdissection microscopy and single cell PCR of avian hemosporidians

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Leucocytozoon pterotenuis sp. nov. (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae): description of the morphologically unique species from the Grallariidae birds, with remarks on the distribution of Leucocytozoon parasites in the Neotropics

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Linkage between mitochondrial cytochrome b lineages and morphospecies of two avian malaria parasites, with a description of Plasmodium (Novyella) ashfordi sp. nov.

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Malaria parasites and related haemosporidians cause mortality in cranes: a study on the parasites diversity, prevalence and distribution in Beijing Zoo.

scientific article published on 18 June 2018

Mechanisms of mortality in Culicoides biting midges due to Haemoproteus infection

scientific article published on 9 September 2016

Mode and rate of evolution of haemosporidian mitochondrial genomes: timing the radiation of avian parasites

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Molecular and morphological characterization of three new species of avian Onchocercidae (Nematoda) with emphasis on circulating microfilariae ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

Molecular and morphological characterization of two avian malaria parasites (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae), with description of Plasmodium homonucleophilum n. sp.

scientific article (publication date: 29 May 2013)

Molecular characterisation of three avian haemoproteids (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), with the description of Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) palloris n. sp.

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Molecular characterization and distribution of Haemoproteus minutus (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae): a pathogenic avian parasite

scientific article published in April 2013

Molecular characterization and distribution of Plasmodium matutinum, a common avian malaria parasite

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Molecular characterization of Haemoproteus sacharovi (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), a common parasite of columbiform birds, with remarks on classification of haemoproteids of doves and pigeons

scientific article (publication date: 18 February 2013)

Molecular characterization of five widespread avian haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida), with perspectives on the PCR-based detection of haemosporidians in wildlife

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

Molecular characterization of haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida) in yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava), with description of in vitro ookinetes of Haemoproteus motacillae

scientific article (publication date: 31 May 2013)

Molecular characterization of six widespread avian haemoproteids, with description of three new Haemoproteus species

scientific article published on 08 June 2019

Molecular characterization of swallow haemoproteids, with description of one new Haemoproteus species

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of circumnuclear hemoproteids (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) of sylviid birds, with a description of Haemoproteus parabelopolskyi sp. nov.

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Molecular phylogenetic and morphological analysis of haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida) in a naturally infected European songbird, the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, with description of Haemoproteus pallidulus sp. nov.

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Molecular prevalence and phylogenetic relationship of Haemoproteus and Plasmodium parasites of owls in Thailand: Data from a rehabilitation centre.

scientific article published on 5 June 2019

Molecular probes for the identification of avian Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon parasites in tissue sections by chromogenic in situ hybridization.

scientific article published on 3 June 2019

Morphometric and molecular characterization of an unpigmented haemosporidian parasite in the Neotropical turnip-tailed gecko (<i>Thecadactylus rapicauda</i>)

scientific article published in 2022

Mortality and pathology in birds due to Plasmodium (Giovannolaia) homocircumflexum infection, with emphasis on the exoerythrocytic development of avian malaria parasites

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Multiple cryptic species of sympatric generalists within the avian blood parasite Haemoproteus majoris

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Natural host range is not a valid taxonomic character

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Nested cytochrome B polymerase chain reaction diagnostics detect sporozoites of hemosporidian parasites in peripheral blood of naturally infected birds

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Nested cytochrome b polymerase chain reaction diagnostics underestimate mixed infections of avian blood haemosporidian parasites: microscopy is still essential

scientific article published in April 2006

New Haemoproteus parasite of parrots, with remarks on the virulence of haemoproteids in naive avian hosts

scientific article published on 4 August 2017

New avian Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from African birds, with a critique of the use of host taxonomic information in hemoproteid classification

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New malaria parasites of the subgenus Novyella in African rainforest birds, with remarks on their high prevalence, classification and diagnostics

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New species of haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida) from African rainforest birds, with remarks on their classification

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Nonspecific patterns of vector, host and avian malaria parasite associations in a central African rainforest

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Novel Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from the swallow-tailed gull (Lariidae), with remarks on the host range of hippoboscid-transmitted avian hemoproteids

scientific article

PCR detection of malaria parasites and related haemosporidians: the sensitive methodology in determining bird-biting insects

scientific article

Parallel telomere shortening in multiple body tissues owing to malaria infection

scientific article published in August 2016

Parasite misidentifications in GenBank: how to minimize their number?

scientific article published on 25 April 2008

Parasite specialization in a unique habitat: hummingbirds as reservoirs of generalist blood parasites of Andean birds

scientific article

Parasitological and new molecular-phylogenetic characterization of the malaria parasite Plasmodium tejerai in South American penguins

scientific article published on 23 December 2012

Patterns of Haemoproteus majoris (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) megalomeront development

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

Patterns of Parasite Abundance and Distribution in Island Populations of Galápagos Endemic Birds

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Patterns of Plasmodium homocircumflexum virulence in experimentally infected passerine birds

scholarly article published by Herbert Weissenböck in 2019

Patterns of parasite abundance and distribution in island populations of Galápagos endemic birds

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Paucity of hematozoa in Colombian birds

scientific article published in April 2003

Penguins are competent hosts of Haemoproteus parasites: the first detection of gametocytes, with molecular characterization of Haemoproteus larae

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

Plasmodium (Novyella) nucleophilum from an Egyptian Goose in São Paulo Zoo, Brazil: microscopic confirmation and molecular characterization

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Plasmodium asexual growth and sexual development in the haematopoietic niche of the host

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

Plasmodium delichoni n. sp.: description, molecular characterisation and remarks on the exoerythrocytic merogony, persistence, vectors and transmission

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Plasmodium relictum (lineage P-SGS1): Further observation of effects on experimentally infected passeriform birds, with remarks on treatment with Malarone.

scientific article published on 21 June 2009

Plasmodium relictum (lineage P-SGS1): effects on experimentally infected passerine birds

scientific article published on 9 September 2008

Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) and Plasmodium ashfordi (lineage GRW2): the effects of the co-infection on experimentally infected passerine birds

scientific article published on 2 November 2010

Plasmodium relictum (lineages pSGS1 and pGRW11): complete synchronous sporogony in mosquitoes Culex pipiens pipiens

scientific article published on 19 January 2013

Plasmodium spp.: an experimental study on vertebrate host susceptibility to avian malaria

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Polymerase chain reaction-based identification of Plasmodium (Huffia) elongatum, with remarks on species identity of haemosporidian lineages deposited in GenBank

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Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Avian Haemosporidian Parasites in Southern Iran

scientific article published in 2021

Prevalence and diversity patterns of avian blood parasites in degraded African rainforest habitats

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Prevalence and genetic diversity of avian haemosporidian parasites at an intersection point of bird migration routes: Sultan Marshes National Park, Turkey

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Primers targeting mitochondrial genes of avian haemosporidians: PCR detection and differential DNA amplification of parasites belonging to different genera.

scientific article published on 3 April 2018

Spatial variation of haemosporidian parasite infection in African rainforest bird species

scientific article published on February 2010

Spatially explicit predictions of blood parasites in a widely distributed African rainforest bird.

scientific article published on 29 September 2010

Sporogony of four Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae), with report of in vitro ookinetes of Haemoproteus hirundinis: phylogenetic inference indicates patterns of haemosporidian parasite ookinete development

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

Testosterone levels and gular pouch coloration in courting magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens): variation with age-class, visited status and blood parasite infection

scientific article published on 28 November 2006

The Genome of Haemoproteus tartakovskyi and Its Relationship to Human Malaria Parasites

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The Strategy to Survive Primary Malaria Infection: An Experimental Study on Behavioural Changes in Parasitized Birds

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The Transcriptome of the Avian Malaria Parasite Plasmodium ashfordi Displays Host-Specific Gene Expression

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The avian transcriptome response to malaria infection

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The buffy coat method: a tool for detection of blood parasites without staining procedures

scientific article published on 27 February 2020

The evidence for rapid gametocyte viability changes in the course of parasitemia in Haemoproteus parasites

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The experimental study on susceptibility of common European songbirds to Plasmodium elongatum (lineage pGRW6), a widespread avian malaria parasite

scientific article published on 27 August 2019

The life-cycle of the avian haemosporidian parasite Haemoproteus majoris, with emphasis on the exoerythrocytic and sporogonic development

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

The nuclear 18S ribosomal DNAs of avian haemosporidian parasites

scientific article published on 03 September 2019

The prevalence of avian Plasmodium is higher in undisturbed tropical forests of Cameroon

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The success of sequence capture in relation to phylogenetic distance from a reference genome: a case study of avian haemosporidian parasites

scientific article published on 11 August 2018

The transcriptome of the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium ashfordi displays host-specific gene expression

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The transmission of Haemoproteus belopolskyi (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) of blackcap by Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).

scientific article published in February 2004

The widespread biting midge Culicoides impunctatus (Ceratopogonidae) is susceptible to infection with numerous Haemoproteus (Haemoproteidae) species.

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

Trypanosoma naviformis sp. nov. (Kinetoplastidae: Trypanosomatidae) from widespread African songbirds, the Olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea) and Yellow-whiskered greenbul (Andropadus latirostris)

scientific article (publication date: 29 October 2015)

Two new Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from columbiform birds

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Two new Trypanosoma species from African birds, with notes on the taxonomy of avian trypanosomes

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Two new species of Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from European birds, with emphasis on DNA barcoding for detection of haemosporidians in wildlife

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Variation in host specificity between species of avian hemosporidian parasites: evidence from parasite morphology and cytochrome B gene sequences.

scientific article published in December 2006

Vytautas Kontrimavičius (1930-2016).

scientific article published on 10 January 2017

What distinguishes malaria parasites from other pigmented haemosporidians?

scientific article published in August 2005

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