Invasive avian malaria as an emerging parasitic disease in native birds of Peru

Alfonso Marzal; Luz García-Longoria; Jorge M. Cárdenas Callirgos; Ravinder N.M. Sehgal

doi:10.1007/s10530-014-0718-x

Invasive avian malaria as an emerging parasitic disease in native birds of Peru

Alfonso Marzal, Luz García-Longoria, Jorge M. Cárdenas Callirgos, Ravinder N.M. Sehgal

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Some species of avian malaria parasites are invaders and responsible for diversity losses worldwide. Here we analyze the prevalence and genetic characterization of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites in Neotropical birds from two different regions of Peru. We detected an overall prevalence of 32.4 % comprising 12 infected bird species. The pathogen Plasmodium relictum SGS1 was widespread and the most prevalent parasite found in our study (39 % of the total infections), infecting 8 host species in both localities. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of this invasive pathogen in the mainland Americas, thus representing a possible menace to over one-third of all bird species in the world.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	39-45
Number of pages	7
Journal	Biological Invasions
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0718-x
State	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biological invasion
Blood parasites
Haemoproteus
Malaria
Plasmodium
South America

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