Landscape and mosquito community impact the avian Plasmodium infection in Culex pipiens
Summary: Avian malaria parasites provide an important model for studying host-pathogen interactions, yet understanding their dynamics in vectors under natural conditions is limited. We investigated the effect of vector abundance, species richness and diversity, and habitat characteristics on avian P...
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| author | Martina Ferraguti Josué Martínez-de la Puente Santiago Ruiz Ramón C. Soriguer Jordi Figuerola |
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| description | Summary: Avian malaria parasites provide an important model for studying host-pathogen interactions, yet understanding their dynamics in vectors under natural conditions is limited. We investigated the effect of vector abundance, species richness and diversity, and habitat characteristics on avian Plasmodium prevalence and lineage richness in Culex pipiens across 45 urban, natural, and rural localities in southern Spain. Analyzing 16,574 mosquitoes grouped in 768 mosquito pools, 32.7% exhibited parasite presence. 13 different Plasmodium lineages were identified, with the lineage SYAT05 being the most commonly found. Parasite prevalence positively correlated with the distance to saltmarshes and rivers, but negatively with the distance to total water source. Parasite lineage diversity was higher in natural than in rural areas and positively correlated with mosquito species richness. These results emphasize the complex dynamics of avian Plasmodium in the wild, with habitat characteristics and vector community driving the parasite transmission by mosquito vectors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33533a0f4d7b494a872880486441f80d2024-02-24T04:55:16ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422024-03-01273109194Landscape and mosquito community impact the avian Plasmodium infection in Culex pipiensMartina Ferraguti0Josué Martínez-de la Puente1Santiago Ruiz2Ramón C. Soriguer3Jordi Figuerola4Departamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), CSIC, C/Américo Vespucio, 26, 41092 Seville, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Corresponding authorDepartment of Parasitology, University of Granada (UGR), Granada, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, SpainServicio de Control de Mosquitos, Diputación de Huelva, Huelva, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), CSIC, C/Américo Vespucio, 26, 41092 Seville, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), CSIC, C/Américo Vespucio, 26, 41092 Seville, Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, SpainSummary: Avian malaria parasites provide an important model for studying host-pathogen interactions, yet understanding their dynamics in vectors under natural conditions is limited. We investigated the effect of vector abundance, species richness and diversity, and habitat characteristics on avian Plasmodium prevalence and lineage richness in Culex pipiens across 45 urban, natural, and rural localities in southern Spain. Analyzing 16,574 mosquitoes grouped in 768 mosquito pools, 32.7% exhibited parasite presence. 13 different Plasmodium lineages were identified, with the lineage SYAT05 being the most commonly found. Parasite prevalence positively correlated with the distance to saltmarshes and rivers, but negatively with the distance to total water source. Parasite lineage diversity was higher in natural than in rural areas and positively correlated with mosquito species richness. These results emphasize the complex dynamics of avian Plasmodium in the wild, with habitat characteristics and vector community driving the parasite transmission by mosquito vectors.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224004152EcologyMicrobiologyMicrobiology parasite |
| spellingShingle | Martina Ferraguti Josué Martínez-de la Puente Santiago Ruiz Ramón C. Soriguer Jordi Figuerola Landscape and mosquito community impact the avian Plasmodium infection in Culex pipiens iScience Ecology Microbiology Microbiology parasite |
| title | Landscape and mosquito community impact the avian Plasmodium infection in Culex pipiens |
| title_full | Landscape and mosquito community impact the avian Plasmodium infection in Culex pipiens |
| title_fullStr | Landscape and mosquito community impact the avian Plasmodium infection in Culex pipiens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Landscape and mosquito community impact the avian Plasmodium infection in Culex pipiens |
| title_short | Landscape and mosquito community impact the avian Plasmodium infection in Culex pipiens |
| title_sort | landscape and mosquito community impact the avian plasmodium infection in culex pipiens |
| topic | Ecology Microbiology Microbiology parasite |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224004152 |
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