TY  - 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  - 

@article{
author = "Atoyan, Hripsime and Sargsyan, Mariam and Gevorgyan, Hasmik and Raković, Marko and Fadeev, Igor and Muradyan, Vahagn and Daryani, Ahmad and Sharif, Mehdi and Aghayan, Sargis",
year = "2018",
abstract = "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.",
publisher = "Springer Link",
journal = "Biologia",
title = "Determinants of avian malaria prevalence in mountainous Transcaucasia",
pages = "1130-1123",
volume = "73",
doi = "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.. (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 . .