Brain parasites and misorientation of migratory birds
(2024) In Trends in Parasitology- Abstract
Haemoproteus blood parasites of birds are thought to be relatively benign. Recent findings show that infections may develop in the brain of birds, possibly distorting their orientation sense. Misdirected migration may lead migrants outside their range where they are recognized as vagrants and can transmit parasites to novel hosts.
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- author
- Bensch, Staffan LU ; Duc, Mélanie and Valkiūnas, Gediminas
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- epub
- subject
- keywords
- birds, Haemoproteus, host manipulation, vagrants
- in
- Trends in Parasitology
- pages
- 3 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- pmid:38443303
- scopus:85186690868
- ISSN
- 1471-4922
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pt.2024.02.008
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 49a17891-beda-4e50-b773-fbc42b8dee1b
- date added to LUP
- 2024-03-27 10:30:35
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language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{Elsevier}},
series = {{Trends in Parasitology}},
title = {{Brain parasites and misorientation of migratory birds}},
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doi = {{10.1016/j.pt.2024.02.008}},
year = {{2024}},
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