A new protocol for absolute quantification of haemosporidian parasites in raptors and comparison with current assays

Keys to the avian malaria parasites

(2018) Gediminas Valkiūnas et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

The global biogeography of avian haemosporidian parasites is characterized by local diversification and intercontinental dispersal

(2018) Vincenzo A. Ellis et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Evolutionary Ecology of Avian Malaria: Past to Present

(2018) Ana Rivero et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Generalist haemosporidian parasites are better adapted to a subset of host species in a multiple host community

(2018) Xi Huang et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Exo-erythrocytic development of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites

(2017) Gediminas Valkiūnas et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Estimating prevalence of avian haemosporidians in natural populations: a comparative study on screening protocols

(2017) Farah Ishtiaq et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Droplet Digital PCR versus qPCR for gene expression analysis with low abundant targets: from variable nonsense to publication quality data

(2017) Sean C. Taylor et al.   Scientific Reports

The Genome ofHaemoproteus tartakovskyiand Its Relationship to Human Malaria Parasites

(2016) Staffan Bensch et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Sensitive and accurate quantification of human malaria parasites using droplet digital PCR (ddPCR)

(2016) Cristian Koepfli et al.   Scientific Reports

Hidden costs of infection: Chronic malaria accelerates telomere degradation and senescence in wild birds

(2015) M. Asghar et al.   SCIENCE

Use of ddPCR in experimental evolution studies

(2015) Hanna Koch et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The evolution of genomic GC content undergoes a rapid reversal within the genus Plasmodium

(2015) Hamid Nikbakht et al.   GENOME

Detection of Cancer DNA in Plasma of Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer

(2014) J. A. Beaver et al.   CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH

Comparison of next-generation droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) with quantitative PCR (qPCR) for enumeration of Cryptosporidium oocysts in faecal samples

(2014) Rongchang Yang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Diversity of mitochondrial genome structure in the phylum Apicomplexa

(2013) Kenji Hikosaka et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

Complex environmental drivers of immunity and resistance in malaria mosquitoes

(2013) C. C. Murdock et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

THE ORIGIN OF SPECIFICITY BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION: EVOLVED AND NONHOST RESISTANCE IN HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS

(2012) Janis Antonovics et al.   EVOLUTION

A New Morphologically Distinct Avian Malaria Parasite That Fails Detection By Established Polymerase Chain Reaction–Based Protocols for Amplification of the Cytochrome B Gene

(2012) Pavel Zehtindjiev et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Are chronic avian haemosporidian infections costly in wild birds?

(2011) Muhammad Asghar et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Jumbled Genomes: Missing Apicomplexan Synteny

(2011) J. D. DeBarry et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Seeking a second opinion: uncertainty in disease ecology

(2010) Brett T. McClintock et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A Comparative Analysis of Microscopy and PCR-Based Detection Methods for Blood Parasites

(2009) Gediminas Valkiūnas et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

MalAvi: a public database of malaria parasites and related haemosporidians in avian hosts based on mitochondrial cytochromeblineages

(2009) STAFFAN BENSCH et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Disease spread, susceptibility and infection intensity: vicious circles?

(2009) Pablo M. Beldomenico et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Effects of malaria double infection in birds: one plus one is not two

(2008) A. MARZAL et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY