We used PCR and DNA sequencing to screen for haemosporidian parasites (Haemoproteus
and Plasmodium) in 2,488 individual birds from 104 species and 22 families, primarily …

Protozoans within the genus Plasmodium are well-known as the causative agents of malaria
in humans. Numerous Plasmodium species parasites also infect a wide range of non-human …

Interest in bat-borne diseases and parasites has grown in the past decade over concerns for
human health. However, the drivers of parasite diversity among bat host species are …

Environmental factors strongly influence the ecology and evolution of vector‐borne
infectious diseases. However, our understanding of the influence of climatic variation on …

Studies on avian haemosporidia are on the rise, but we still lack a basic understanding of
how ecological and evolutionary factors mold the distributions of haemosporidia among …

Background Evidence of haemosporidian infections in bats and bat flies has motivated a
growing interest in characterizing their transmission cycles. In Gabon (Central Africa), many …

Although malaria parasites infecting non‐human primates are important models for human
malaria, little is known of the ecology of infection by these parasites in the wild. We …

Background Population-level studies of parasites have the potential to elucidate patterns of
host movement and cross-species interactions that are not evident from host genealogy …

Haemosporidian parasites (genera Plasmodium and Haemoproteus) are common blood
parasites of birds transmitted by dipteran insect vectors. We analyzed blood samples from …

Aim We compared the parasite assemblages of over‐wintering migratory birds and
permanent residents on the wintering grounds. We determined whether parasite sharing …