NDLI: Blood parasites in nestlings of wood stork populations from three regions of the American continent.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Villar, Cynthia Martins Bryan, Albert Lawrence Lance, Stacey Lyn Braga, Erika Martins Congrains, Carlos Del Lama, Silvia Nassif
Spatial Coverage	Florida Brazil Georgia
Description	Country affiliation: Brazil Author Affiliation: Villar CM ( Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís, km 235, 13565-905 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.)
Abstract	This study documents the prevalences and lineages of hemoparasites in wood stork nestlings from 3 regions of the American continent: southeastern United States (n = 90), northern Brazil (n = 74), and central-western Brazil (n = 125). Identification was based on PCR amplification of a mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal RNA gene. A fragment of the hemoparasite cytochrome B gene in infected individuals was utilized for Bayesian phylogenetic analysis. Four wood stork nestlings were infected by Haemoproteus, 1 from northern Brazil and 3 from the United States, and all shared the same haplotype. Morphological analysis confirmed the infection of the U.S. birds by Haemoproteus. Infection by Plasmodium was found in wood stork nestlings from northern (6) and central-western Brazil (14). Five Plasmodium lineages (MYCAMP1-2, and MYCAMP4-6) were found in the Brazilian central-western region and 3 Plasmodium lineages (MYCAMP2-3, and MYCAMP7) were found in the northern region. The most prevalent haplotype (MYCAMP2) differs from the others by 1 mutation, and the less prevalent haplotypes are derived from MYCAMP2. We did not find Plasmodium or Haemoproteus in nestlings younger than 15 and 30 days old, respectively. This is the first documentation of Plasmodium and Haemoproteus infection in wood storks in Brazilian breeding populations. Potential connectivity among wood stork populations was indirectly supported by the presence of identical Haemoproteus lineages in U.S. and northern Brazilian populations, and by the presence of identical Plasmodium haplotypes in the northern and central-western Brazilian populations.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	00223395
Issue Number	3
Volume Number	99
e-ISSN	19372345
Journal	Journal of Parasitology
Language	English
Publisher	American Society of Parasitologists
Publisher Date	2013-06-01
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Parasitology Bird Diseases Parasitology Haemosporida Isolation & Purification Malaria, Avian Protozoan Infections, Animal Animals Bayes Theorem Blood Epidemiology Birds Brazil Dna, Protozoan Florida Georgia Classification Genetics Plasmodium Polymerase Chain Reaction Veterinary Prevalence Wetlands Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Parasitology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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