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      First molecular detection of Haemoproteus spp. and Plasmodium spp. in eared doves (Zenaida auriculata) in Brazil Translated title: Primeira detecção molecular de Haemoproteus spp. e Plasmodium spp. em pombos (Zenaida auriculata) no Brasil

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          Abstract The aim of this study was to verify the presence and identify the species of haemosporidian parasites in eared doves (Zenaida auriculata) in Brazil. Two hundred and eleven male and female eared doves were trap-captured in four different regions of Londrina city, in southern Brazil. Whole blood was collected in EDTA tubes through heart puncture after euthanasia in a CO2 chamber. A nested PCR targeting the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (cyt b) of Haemoproteus spp./Plasmodium spp. was performed, followed by an enzymatic digestion to identify the genus. Phylogenetic trees were constructed to determine the closely related species. Out of 211 eared doves, 209 (99.05%) were positive for Haemoproteus spp. and/or Plasmodium spp. RFLP analysis showed that 72.72% (152/209) of eared doves were positive only for Haemoproteus spp., 6.22% (13/209) were positive only for Plasmodium spp., and 21.05% (44/209) of eared doves had mixed infections. Genetic analysis found four samples that were homologous with Haemoproteus multipigmentatus and one that was homologous with Plasmodium sp. This is the first molecular study of hemoparasites from eared doves in Brazil, and it is also the first description of H. multipigmentatus and Plasmodium spp. infection in eared doves in Brazil.

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          Resumo O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a presença e a identificação espécies de parasitas hemosporídeos em pombos (Zenaida auriculata) no Brasil. Duzentos e onze pombos machos e fêmeas foram capturados em quatro regiões diferentes de Londrina, sul do Brasil. Amostra de sangue foi coletada em tubos contendo EDTA por meio de punção cardíaca, após eutanásia em câmara de CO2. Uma nested PCR com alvo no gene mitocondrial citocromo b (cyt b) de Haemoproteus spp./Plasmodium spp. foi realizada, seguida de digestão enzimática para identificar o gênero. A árvore filogenética foi construída para determinar a relação com outras espécies. Das 211 pombas, 209 (99,05%) foram positivas para Haemoproteus spp./Plasmodium spp. A análise RFLP demonstrou que 72,72% (152/209) das pombas foram positivas somente para Haemoproteus spp.; 6,22% (13/209) foram positivas somente para Plasmodium e 21,05% (44/209) das pombas tiveram infecções mistas. A análise genética mostrou quatro amostras homólogas com H. multipigmentatus e uma com Plasmodium spp. Este é o primeiro estudo molecular de hemoparasitas em pombos no Brasil. E é também a primeira descrição da infecção por H. multipigmentatus e Plasmodium spp. em pombos Z. auriculata no Brasil.

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          Host specificity in avian blood parasites: a study of Plasmodium and Haemoproteus mitochondrial DNA amplified from birds.

          H Westerdahl, M Stjernman, D Hasselquist … (2000)
          A fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene of avian malaria (genera Haemoproteus and Plasmodium) was amplified from blood samples of 12 species of passerine birds from the genera Acrocephalus, Phylloscopus and Parus. By sequencing 478 nucleotides of the obtained fragments, we found 17 different mitochondrial haplotypes of Haemoproteus or Plasmodium among the 12 bird species investigated. Only one out of the 17 haplotypes was found in more than one host species, this exception being a haplotype detected in both blue tits (Parus caeruleus) and great tits (Parus major). The phylogenetic tree which was constructed grouped the sequences into two clades, most probably representing Haemoproteus and Plasmodium, respectively. We found two to four different parasite mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes in four bird species. The phylogenetic tree obtained from the mtDNA of the parasites matched the phylogenetic tree of the bird hosts poorly. For example, the two tit species and the willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) carried parasites differing by only 0.6% sequence divergence, suggesting that Haemoproteus shift both between species within the same genus and also between species in different families. Hence, host shifts seem to have occurred repeatedly in this parasite host system. We discuss this in terms of the possible evolutionary consequences for these bird species.
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            A three-genome phylogeny of malaria parasites (Plasmodium and closely related genera): evolution of life-history traits and host switches.

            Ellen Martinsen, Susan L. Perkins, Jos Schall (2008)
            Phylogenetic analysis of genomic data allows insights into the evolutionary history of pathogens, especially the events leading to host switching and diversification, as well as alterations of the life cycle (life-history traits). Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of malaria parasite species exploit squamate reptiles, birds, and mammals as vertebrate hosts as well as many genera of dipteran vectors, but the evolutionary and ecological events that led to this diversification and success remain unresolved. For a century, systematic parasitologists classified malaria parasites into genera based on morphology, life cycle, and vertebrate and insect host taxa. Molecular systematic studies based on single genes challenged the phylogenetic significance of these characters, but several significant nodes were not well supported. We recovered the first well resolved large phylogeny of Plasmodium and related haemosporidian parasites using sequence data for four genes from the parasites' three genomes by combining all data, correcting for variable rates of substitution by gene and site, and using both Bayesian and maximum parsimony analyses. Major clades are associated with vector shifts into different dipteran families, with other characters used in traditional parasitological studies, such as morphology and life-history traits, having variable phylogenetic significance. The common parasites of birds now placed into the genus Haemoproteus are found in two divergent clades, and the genus Plasmodium is paraphyletic with respect to Hepatocystis, a group of species with very different life history and morphology. The Plasmodium of mammal hosts form a well supported clade (including Plasmodium falciparum, the most important human malaria parasite), and this clade is associated with specialization to Anopheles mosquito vectors. The Plasmodium of birds and squamate reptiles all fall within a single clade, with evidence for repeated switching between birds and squamate hosts.
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              A comparative analysis of microscopy and PCR-based detection methods for blood parasites.

              Gediminas Valkiūnas, Tatjana A. Iezhova, Asta Krizanauskiené … (2008)
              We compared information obtained by both microscopy and nested mitochondrial cytochrome b PCR in determining prevalence of haemosporidian infections in naturally infected birds. Blood samples from 472 birds of 11 species belonging to 7 families and 4 orders were collected in Europe, Africa and North America. Skilled investigators investigated them using the PCR-based screening and microscopic examination of stained blood films. The overall prevalence of haemosporidian infections, which was determined combining results of both these methods, was 60%. Both methods slightly underestimated the overall prevalence of infection, which was 54.2% after the PCR diagnostics and 53.6% after microscopic examination. Importantly, both these tools showed the same trends of prevalence of Haemoproteus spp. (21% by PCR and 22% by microscopy), Plasmodium spp. (17% and 22%) and Leucocytozoon spp. (30% and 25%) in the same sample, testifying that microscopy is a reliable tool in determining patterns of distribution of blood haemosporidian parasites in naturally infected birds. We encourage using optical microscopy in studies of blood parasites in parallel to the now widely employed molecular methods. Microscopy is relatively inexpensive and provides valuable information about directions how molecular methods can be further improved and most effectively applied, especially in the field studies of parasites. Importantly, blood films, which are used for microscopic examination, should be of good quality; they should be examined properly by skilled investigators. In spite of relatively long duration of microscopy of each sample, such examination provides opportunities for simultaneous determination and verification of taxonomically different parasites. Presently, different PCR protocols must be used for the detection of parasites belonging to different genera; this is expensive and time-consuming.
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                Journal
                Journal ID (publisher-id): rbpv
                Title: Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
                Abbreviated Title: Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet.
                Publisher: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinária (Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil )
                ISSN (Print): 0103-846X
                ISSN (Electronic): 1984-2961
                Publication date (Print and electronic): 2020
                Volume: 29
                Issue: 3
                Electronic Location Identifier: e000920
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                [01] Londrina Paraná orgnameUniversidade Estadual de Londrina orgdiv1Laboratório de Protozoologia Animal orgdiv2Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva Brazil
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                Publisher ID: S1984-29612020000300401 Publisher ID: S1984-2961(20)02900300401
                DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612020042
                SO-VID: 446dd4f0-1fa5-4ef2-b475-69158c0c78e6
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                Date received : 17 January 2020
                Date accepted : 28 April 2020
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                Keywords: hemoparasitas,malária aviária,PCR,Hemosporídeos,blood parasites,Columbidae,avian malaria,Haemosporidian
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                Keywords: hemoparasitas, malária aviária, PCR, Hemosporídeos, blood parasites, Columbidae, avian malaria, Haemosporidian

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