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Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) and Plasmodium ashfordi (lineage GRW2): The effects of the co-infection on experimentally infected passerine birds

In English

Författare

  • Vaidas Palinauskas
  • Gediminas Valkiunas
  • Casimir V. Bolshakov
  • Staffan Bensch

Summary, in English

The effects of avian malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium on their hosts are insufficiently understood. This is particularly true for malarial co-infections, which predominant in many bird populations. We investigated effects of primary co-infection of Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) and Plasmodium ashfordi (GRW2) on experimentally infected naive juveniles of siskin Spin us spinus, crossbill Loxia curvirostra and starling Sturnus vulgaris. All siskins and crossbills were susceptible but starlings resistant to both these infections. A general pattern of the co-infections was that heavy parasitemia (over 35% during peaks) of both parasites developed in both susceptible host species. There were no significant effects of the co-infections on mean body mass of the majority of infected birds. Mean haematocrit value decreased approximately 1.5 and 3 times in siskins and crossbills at the peak of parasitemia, respectively. Mortality was recorded among infected crossbills. We conclude that co-infections of P. relictum and P. ashfordi are highly virulent and act synergetically during primary infections in some but not all passerine birds. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

527-533

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Experimental Parasitology

Volym

127

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Biological Sciences

Nyckelord

  • Avian malaria
  • Plasmodium relictum
  • Plasmodium ashfordi
  • SGS1
  • GRW2
  • Co-infection
  • Experimental infection
  • Birds
  • Susceptibility
  • Parasitemia

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0014-4894