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Lower Detection Probability of Avian Plasmodium in Blood Compared to Other Tissues

Svensson-Coelho, M LU ; Silva, GT ; Santos, SS ; Miranda, LS ; Araújo-Silva, LE ; Ricklefs, RE ; Miyaki, CY and Maldonado-Coelho, Marcos (2016) In The Journal of Parasitology 102(5). p.559-561
Abstract
We tested whether the probability of detecting avian haemosporidia (Plasmodium and Haemoproteus) using molecular techniques differs among blood, liver, heart, and pectoral muscle tissues. We used a paired design, sampling the 4 tissue types in 55 individuals of a wild South American suboscine antbird, the white-shouldered fire-eye (Pyriglena leucoptera). We also identified parasites to cytochrome b lineage. Detection probability was significantly lower in blood compared to the other 3 tissue types combined. Eight of 22 infections were not detected in blood samples; 4–7 infections were not detected in the other individual tissues. The same parasite lineage was recovered from different tissues.
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0022-3395
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10.1645/16-8
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  author       = {{Svensson-Coelho, M and Silva, GT and Santos, SS and Miranda, LS and Araújo-Silva, LE and Ricklefs, RE and Miyaki, CY and Maldonado-Coelho, Marcos}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{559--561}},
  publisher    = {{American Society of Parasitologists}},
  series       = {{The Journal of Parasitology}},
  title        = {{Lower Detection Probability of Avian Plasmodium in Blood Compared to Other Tissues}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/16-8}},
  doi          = {{10.1645/16-8}},
  volume       = {{102}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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