Publications by authors named "Ellen R Schoener"
In the framework of a mosquito-monitoring program conducted from 2014 to 2018, non-culicid dipteran bycatch was identified to species-level with a focus on Diptera of medical and veterinary importance as part of a biodiversity initiative and barcoding project ("Austrian Barcode of Life"). Two species hitherto not known from Austria, the regularly sampled synanthropic moth fly Clogmia albipunctata (Psychodidae) and a single specimen of the louse fly Ornithoica turdi (Hippoboscidae), were collected in Vienna and Lower Austria. We confirmed identification results using a barcoding approach and provide the first reference sequence for O.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAvian malaria (Plasmodium spp.) and kinetoplastid (Trypanosoma spp.) parasites are common vector-borne pathogens in birds worldwide; however, knowledge about vector competence of different mosquito species is currently lacking.
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- Avian malaria is caused by mosquito-borne parasites in the Plasmodium genus, which have been found to harm threatened bird species in New Zealand.
- In a study of 90 bird samples, 14 Plasmodium isolates were identified across various native and introduced species, showing clustering into four distinct types.
- The research highlights instances of death from severe infections in birds like kiwi and blackbirds, marking the first recorded Plasmodium infections in certain native species and raising concerns about their impact on endangered populations.