Maria Svensson Coelho
Research engineer
Lower Detection Probability of Avian Plasmodium in Blood Compared to Other Tissues
Author
Summary, in English
We tested whether the probability of detecting avian haemosporidia (Plasmodium and Haemoproteus) using molecular techniques differs among blood, liver, heart, and pectoral muscle tissues. We used a paired design, sampling the 4 tissue types in 55 individuals of a wild South American suboscine antbird, the white-shouldered fire-eye (Pyriglena leucoptera). We also identified parasites to cytochrome b lineage. Detection probability was significantly lower in blood compared to the other 3 tissue types combined. Eight of 22 infections were not detected in blood samples; 4–7 infections were not detected in the other individual tissues. The same parasite lineage was recovered from different tissues.
Publishing year
2016
Language
English
Pages
559-561
Publication/Series
Journal of Parasitology
Volume
102
Issue
5
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
American Society of Parasitologists
Topic
- Zoology
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0022-3395