Seasonal variations of intensity of avian malaria infection in the Thousand Island Lake System, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Migratory birds play an important part in the spread of parasites, with more or less impact on resident birds. Previous studies focus on the prevalence of parasites, but changes in infection intensity over time have rarely been studied. As infection intensity can be quantified by qPCR, we measured infection intensity during different seasons, which is important for our understanding of parasite transmission mechanisms.

Methods

Wild birds were captured at the Thousand Island Lake with mist nets and tested for avian hemosporidiosis infections using nested PCR. Parasites were identified using the MalAvi database. Then, we used qPCR to quantify the infection intensity. We analyzed the monthly trends of intensity for all species and for different migratory status, para

SUBMITTER: Han Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10318837 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature