Publications by authors named "Carolina Clares Dos Anjos"
Prevalence and composition of haemosporidians in an avian community from a World Heritage area: Associations with host foraging strata and forest regeneration.
Acta Trop
September 2024
Forest regeneration is becoming a powerful tool to combat land conversion which covers 30 % of the Neotropical territory. However, little is known about the effect of forest regeneration on vector-borne diseases. Here, we describe the haemosporidian lineage composition across a successional gradient within an Atlantic Forest bird community.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFspp. and some other blood parasites belonging to the order Haemosporida are the focus of many epidemiological studies worldwide. However, haemosporidian parasites from wild animals are largely neglected in scientific research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHaemoproteids (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) are a diverse group of avian blood parasites that are transmitted by hematophagous dipterans. In this study, we describe sp. nov.
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- Blood parasites from the Haemosporida order, like those causing malaria, are being studied for evolutionary insights, but there is limited research on wildlife parasites, particularly in the genus focused on bats.
- This study examined 406 bats in southern Brazil using PCR to detect these parasites, finding a 1.2% positivity rate, marking the first molecular identification in common and endangered bat species in this region.
- Phylogenetic analysis revealed that Brazilian parasite lineages are distinct and related to existing clades, prompting further research on the relationship between the parasites and their bat hosts, as well as the need for more comprehensive molecular and morphological studies.