Lower Detection Probability of Avian Plasmodium in Blood Compared to Other Tissues
(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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- author
- Svensson-Coelho, M LU ; Silva, GT ; Santos, SS ; Miranda, LS ; Araújo-Silva, LE ; Ricklefs, RE ; Miyaki, CY and Maldonado-Coelho, Marcos
- publishing date
- 2016
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
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- The Journal of Parasitology
- volume
- 102
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 3 pages
- publisher
- American Society of Parasitologists
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84994316265
- pmid:27045334
- ISSN
- 0022-3395
- DOI
- 10.1645/16-8
- language
- English
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- no
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- 06b4408c-4f74-441f-a567-28c7efc7a831
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