Persistent low avian malaria in a tropical species despite high community prevalence
Malarial and other haemosporidian parasites are widespread; however, their temporal dynamics are ill-understood. Longitudinal sampling of a threatened riparian bird revealed a consistently very low prevalence over 13 years (∼5%) despite infections persisting and prevalence increasing with age. In co...
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| author | Justin R. Eastwood Lee Peacock Michelle L. Hall Michael Roast Stephen A. Murphy Anders Gonçalves da Silva Anne Peters |
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| description | Malarial and other haemosporidian parasites are widespread; however, their temporal dynamics are ill-understood. Longitudinal sampling of a threatened riparian bird revealed a consistently very low prevalence over 13 years (∼5%) despite infections persisting and prevalence increasing with age. In contrast, three key species within this tropical community were highly infected (∼20–75% prevalence) and these differences were stable. Although we found novel lineages and phylogenetic structure at the local level, there was little geographic structuring within Australasia. This study suggests that malarial parasite susceptibility is determined by host factors and that species can maintain low levels despite high community prevalence. Keywords: Avian malaria, Wildlife diseases, Purple-crowned fairy-wrens, Haemoproteus, Plasmodium |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e2b5a27ebe64ce5a001b9c0a49a60b92022-12-21T23:35:44ZengElsevierInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife2213-22442019-04-0188893Persistent low avian malaria in a tropical species despite high community prevalenceJustin R. Eastwood0Lee Peacock1Michelle L. Hall2Michael Roast3Stephen A. Murphy4Anders Gonçalves da Silva5Anne Peters6School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, 25 Rainforest Walk, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia; Corresponding author.School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, 25 Rainforest Walk, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, AustraliaSchool of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia; Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Vogelwarte Radolfzell, Schlossallee 2, D-78315, Radolfzell, GermanySchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, 25 Rainforest Walk, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, AustraliaAdaptive NRM, Malanda, Queensland, 4885, Australia; Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, 0909, AustraliaMicrobiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, AustraliaSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, 25 Rainforest Walk, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia; Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Vogelwarte Radolfzell, Schlossallee 2, D-78315, Radolfzell, GermanyMalarial and other haemosporidian parasites are widespread; however, their temporal dynamics are ill-understood. Longitudinal sampling of a threatened riparian bird revealed a consistently very low prevalence over 13 years (∼5%) despite infections persisting and prevalence increasing with age. In contrast, three key species within this tropical community were highly infected (∼20–75% prevalence) and these differences were stable. Although we found novel lineages and phylogenetic structure at the local level, there was little geographic structuring within Australasia. This study suggests that malarial parasite susceptibility is determined by host factors and that species can maintain low levels despite high community prevalence. Keywords: Avian malaria, Wildlife diseases, Purple-crowned fairy-wrens, Haemoproteus, Plasmodiumhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224418301494 |
| spellingShingle | Justin R. Eastwood Lee Peacock Michelle L. Hall Michael Roast Stephen A. Murphy Anders Gonçalves da Silva Anne Peters Persistent low avian malaria in a tropical species despite high community prevalence International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife |
| title | Persistent low avian malaria in a tropical species despite high community prevalence |
| title_full | Persistent low avian malaria in a tropical species despite high community prevalence |
| title_fullStr | Persistent low avian malaria in a tropical species despite high community prevalence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Persistent low avian malaria in a tropical species despite high community prevalence |
| title_short | Persistent low avian malaria in a tropical species despite high community prevalence |
| title_sort | persistent low avian malaria in a tropical species despite high community prevalence |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224418301494 |
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