Avian haematozoan parasites and their associations with mosquitoes across Southwest Pacific Islands.

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The degree to which haematozoan parasites can exploit a range of vectors and hosts has both ecological and evolutionary implications for their transmission and biogeography. Here we explore the extent to which closely related mosquito species share the same or closely related haematozoan parasites, and examine the overlap in parasite lineages with those isolated from avian hosts, Zosterops species, sampled across the same study sites. Mosquito samples were collected and analysed (14 species, ...

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Authors: Ishtiaq, F; Guillaumot, L; Clegg, S; Phillimore, AB; Black, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Molecular ecology
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 20
• Pages: 4545-4555
• Publication date: 2008-10-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2008.03935.x
• EISSN: 1365-294X
• ISSN: 0962-1083
• Language: English
• Keywords: Species Specificity; Phylogeny; Female; Host-Parasite Interactions; Culicidae; DNA, Protozoan; Haemosporida; Plasmodium; Parasites; Vanuatu; Geography; Cytochromes b; Genetics, Population; Animals; Malaria, Avian; New Caledonia; Passeriformes; DNA, Mitochondrial; Genes, Protozoan; Likelihood Functions