From Africa to Europe: evidence of transmission of a tropical plasmodium lineage in Spanish populations of house sparrows
[Background] Avian malaria parasites are a highly diverse group that commonly infect birds and have deleterious effects on their hosts. Some parasite lineages are geographically widespread and infect many host species in many regions. Bird migration, natural dispersal, invasive species and human-med...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositório: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/195376 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/195376 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Avian malaria parasites Haemosporidia Geographical range shift PAGRI02 Passer domesticus Wild birds |
| Resumo: | [Background] Avian malaria parasites are a highly diverse group that commonly infect birds and have deleterious effects on their hosts. Some parasite lineages are geographically widespread and infect many host species in many regions. Bird migration, natural dispersal, invasive species and human-mediated introductions into areas where competent insect vectors are present, are probably the main drivers of the current distribution of avian malaria parasites. |
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