Determinants of avian malaria prevalence in mountainous Transcaucasia
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Atoyan, HripsimeSargsyan, Mariam
Gevorgyan, Hasmik
Raković, Marko
Fadeev, Igor
Muradyan, Vahagn
Daryani, Ahmad
Sharif, Mehdi
Aghayan, Sargis
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Deforestation, urban development, and global climate change can lead to dramatic changes of ecological communities and increase
prevalence of infectious diseases at higher latitudes and altitudes. Identification of factors responsible for the prevalence of parasites is
of crucial importance to understand the dynamics of parasite distribution in a changing environment. Mountain areas are especially
suitable for studies of factors governing parasite distribution and prevalence due to heterogeneity of landscapes, climatic regimes, and
other biotic and abiotic conditions.We examined 903 avian blood smears collected in mountains of Transcaucasia for prevalence of
Haemoproteus and Plasmodium.We found that the haemoparasites prevalence differed among bird species and localities, highlighting
the environmental components affecting disease distribution. The prevalence of both Haemoproteus and Plasmodium was
significantly higher in males, adults, and migratory species than in females, juv...eniles, and resident species. Geographic
Information System (GIS) and linear regression analyses revealed that elevation and monthly average precipitation were strongly
correlated with proportion of infected birds with Plasmodium, indicating that the prevalence increased with increase of monthly
average temperature and elevation. Birds from forested and high grassed areas were also more infected with avian haemosporidia.
Our study provides baseline data for modelling of parasites distribution under global climate change scenarios, which is of great
importance for monitoring and management of communities and environment for conservation and human health.
Keywords:
Avian malaria / Haemoproteus / Plasmodium / Prevalence determinants / Biotic and abiotic factorsSource:
Biologia, 2018, 73, 1123-1130Publisher:
- Springer Link
Funding / projects:
- Armenian National Science and Education Fund (ANSEF) based in New York, USA (grant number: zoo- 2983)
- Natural History Museum of Belgrade grant "Ptice zapadnog palearktika"
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Institut za multidisciplinarna istraživanjaTY - JOUR AU - Atoyan, Hripsime AU - Sargsyan, Mariam AU - Gevorgyan, Hasmik AU - Raković, Marko AU - Fadeev, Igor AU - Muradyan, Vahagn AU - Daryani, Ahmad AU - Sharif, Mehdi AU - Aghayan, Sargis PY - 2018 UR - http://rimsi.imsi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3103 AB - Deforestation, urban development, and global climate change can lead to dramatic changes of ecological communities and increase prevalence of infectious diseases at higher latitudes and altitudes. Identification of factors responsible for the prevalence of parasites is of crucial importance to understand the dynamics of parasite distribution in a changing environment. Mountain areas are especially suitable for studies of factors governing parasite distribution and prevalence due to heterogeneity of landscapes, climatic regimes, and other biotic and abiotic conditions.We examined 903 avian blood smears collected in mountains of Transcaucasia for prevalence of Haemoproteus and Plasmodium.We found that the haemoparasites prevalence differed among bird species and localities, highlighting the environmental components affecting disease distribution. The prevalence of both Haemoproteus and Plasmodium was significantly higher in males, adults, and migratory species than in females, juveniles, and resident species. Geographic Information System (GIS) and linear regression analyses revealed that elevation and monthly average precipitation were strongly correlated with proportion of infected birds with Plasmodium, indicating that the prevalence increased with increase of monthly average temperature and elevation. Birds from forested and high grassed areas were also more infected with avian haemosporidia. Our study provides baseline data for modelling of parasites distribution under global climate change scenarios, which is of great importance for monitoring and management of communities and environment for conservation and human health. PB - Springer Link T2 - Biologia T1 - Determinants of avian malaria prevalence in mountainous Transcaucasia EP - 1130 SP - 1123 VL - 73 DO - https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0128-0 ER -
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Atoyan, H., Sargsyan, M., Gevorgyan, H., Raković, M., Fadeev, I., Muradyan, V., Daryani, A., Sharif, M.,& Aghayan, S.. (2018). Determinants of avian malaria prevalence in mountainous Transcaucasia. in Biologia Springer Link., 73, 1123-1130. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0128-0
Atoyan H, Sargsyan M, Gevorgyan H, Raković M, Fadeev I, Muradyan V, Daryani A, Sharif M, Aghayan S. Determinants of avian malaria prevalence in mountainous Transcaucasia. in Biologia. 2018;73:1123-1130. doi:https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0128-0 .
Atoyan, Hripsime, Sargsyan, Mariam, Gevorgyan, Hasmik, Raković, Marko, Fadeev, Igor, Muradyan, Vahagn, Daryani, Ahmad, Sharif, Mehdi, Aghayan, Sargis, "Determinants of avian malaria prevalence in mountainous Transcaucasia" in Biologia, 73 (2018):1123-1130, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0128-0 . .