Background Birds possess the most diverse assemblage of haemosporidian parasites;
including three genera, Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon. Currently there …

We used phylogenetic analyses of cytochrome b sequences of malaria parasites and their
avian hosts to assess the coevolutionary relationships between host and parasite lineages …

Inferences about the evolution of host-parasitic relationships are often made based on the
prevalence of avian malaria, which is usually estimated in a large sample of birds using …

Southeast Brazil is a neotropical region composed of a mosaic of different tropical habitats
and mountain chains, which allowed for the formation of bird-rich communities with distinct …

Abstract Background Avian malaria parasites (Plasmodium spp.) and related
haemosporidians (Haemosporida) are responsible for diseases which can be severe and …

Malaria parasites use vertebrate hosts for asexual multiplication and Culicidae mosquitoes
for sexual and asexual development, yet the literature on avian malaria remains biased …

Many hypotheses attempt to explain parasite–host associations, but rarely are they
examined together in a single community. For hosts, key traits are the proportion of infected …

We studied the phylogeny of avian haemosporidian parasites, Haemoproteus and
Plasmodium, in a number of African resident and European migratory songbird species …

The introduction of avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) to Hawaii has provided a model
system for studying the influence of exotic disease on naive host populations. Little is known …

The switching of parasitic organisms to novel hosts, in which they may cause the emergence
of new diseases, is of great concern to human health and the management of wild and …