Hemosporidian parasites of free-living birds in the So Paulo Zoo, Brazil

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dc.citation.issue4
dc.citation.volume115
dc.contributor.authorFernandes Chagas, Carolina Romeiro
dc.contributor.authorGuimares, Lilian de Oliveira
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Eliana Ferreira
dc.contributor.authorValkiunas, Gediminas
dc.contributor.authorKatayama, Michele Viana
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Stefanie Vanessa [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorVaz Guida, Fernanda Junqueira
dc.contributor.authorSimoes, Roseli Franca
dc.contributor.authorKirchgatter, Karin
dc.coverageNew York
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-22T13:23:19Z
dc.date.available2020-07-22T13:23:19Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractNumerous studies addressed the diversity of bird Plasmodium and Haemoproteus parasites. However, a few have been carried out in continental avian hotspot regions such as Brazil, a country with markedly different biomes, including Amazon, Brazilian Savanna, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Pantanal, and Pampas. We present the first study on hemosporidian (Haemosporida) parasites in free-living birds from an Atlantic Forest fragment where more than 80 avian species have been reported. Within this area, the So Paulo Zoo locates, and it is the fourth largest zoo in the world and the largest in Latin America. A total of 133 free-living bird samples representing 12 species were collected in the zoo, with the overall hemosporidian prevalence of 18 % by PCR-based diagnostics. Twenty-four positive PCR signals were reported from four different bird species, including migratory ones. Columba livia, an urban species, considered nowadays a pest in big cities, showed 100 % prevalence of Haemoproteus spp., mainly Haemoproteus columbae. We discuss the epidemiological importance of new parasites introduced by migratory birds in the So Paulo Zoo area and the risk it poses to the captive species, which are natives or exotics. We also warn about the influence these parasites can have on the biodiversity and the structure of host populations by altering the competitive interaction between the free-living and the captive birds.en
dc.description.affiliationSao Paulo Zool Pk Fdn, Av Miguel Estefano 4241, BR-04301905 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Inst Trop Med, Malaria Res Ctr, Superintendence Endem Dis Control, Av Dr Eneas Carvalho Aguiar 470, BR-05403000 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationNat Res Ctr, Akad 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Postgrad Program Ecol & Nat Resources, Rodovia Washington Luis Km 235, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Postgrad Program Infectol, Rua Sena Madureira 1500, BR-04021001 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Postgrad Program Infectol, Rua Sena Madureira 1500, BR-04021001 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipSao Paulo Zoological Park Foundation (Fundacao Parque Zoologico de Sao Paulo)
dc.description.sponsorshipFundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIDFAPESP: 2012/51427-1
dc.format.extent1443-1452
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4878-0
dc.identifier.citationParasitology Research. New York, v. 115, n. 4, p. 1443-1452, 2016.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00436-015-4878-0
dc.identifier.issn0932-0113
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/56176
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000372907300009
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofParasitology Research
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectPlasmodiumen
dc.subjectHaemoproteusen
dc.subjectFree-living birdsen
dc.subjectAtlantic Foresten
dc.subjectSao Paulo Zooen
dc.titleHemosporidian parasites of free-living birds in the So Paulo Zoo, Brazilen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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