#AvianMalaria folks has anyone been able to access MalAvi recently? 👀

A new study from the University of Hawaiʻi finds that nearly every forest bird species in #Hawaiʻi can transmit #avianmalaria to mosquitoes, helping sustain #transmission and allowing the parasite to persist across the islands.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

🚀Thrilled to announce my new research project: #Genomic adaptations and #behavior during avian Plasmodium infection🧬

🎯How infection shapes host behavior and gene expression — connecting ecology, genomics, and health! 🌍💚
#AvianMalaria #Ecology #OneHealth #Science #Research

Why Are London’s Iconic Sparrows Disappearing?

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#sparrows #birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #birding #London🎡 #population #disease #AvianMalaria #parasites🦠 medium.com/grrlscientis...

🚨 New paper in @royalsociety.org
🦟 Plasmodium relictum tweaks mosquito metabolism & behavior to boost transmission 🧬🐦
Thanks @olofhellgren.bsky.social and Ana Rivero 💪🏻

#AvianMalaria #VectorBiology #Transcriptomics

👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Why Are London's Iconic Sparrows Disappearing?

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#ornithology🪶 #birds🦉 #London🎡 #AvianMalaria #disease grrlscientist.substack.com/p/why-are-lo...

Photo of an American robin. Photo by Michael Herrera.

Fig. 2 from the article: Probability of haemosporidian infection (combining all parasite taxa) as a function of maximum breeding latitude (estimated using feather hydrogen isotopes and rescaled with a center of zero), and body condition in adult American robins.

NEW PAPER: high haemosporidian diversity in American robins, with co-infection increasing at higher latitudes and Plasmodium-infected birds in better condition—the latter suggesting possible effects of migratory culling.

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#ornithology #birds #avianmalaria

Thousands of mosquitoes are being dropped by drone over islands in Hawaii. Here’s why | CNN Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by releasing more mosquitoes.

#Hawaii is releasing #MaleMosquitoes having a strain of bacteria called #Wolbachia— causing NonViableEggs when they mate with wild females

This will help control the #InvasiveMosquitoPopulation, which is decimating #NativeBirdPopulations with #AvianMalaria

#conservation
www.cnn.com/science/hawa...

Published 📖 🥳 In a new meta-analysis @mariusgrabow.bsky.social studied whether subtle infection, traditionally often considered as relatively benign, affect phenotypic and demographic traits. Using avian blood parasites, causing #avianmalaria as an example, we performed a systematic review 🧵

Last year, scientists released #Wolbachia-infected sterilizing #mosquitoes in #Hawaii, helping native #honeycreepers fight against #avianmalaria, a deadly #mosquito-transmitted #parasite.

www.npr.org/2024/06/12/n...

09-08: Urban Owls and More with Christian Cooper - American Birding Association The broader birding community was first introduced to Christian Cooper though the documentary The Central Park Effect, where he featured as one of eclectic crew of Central Park birders. Since then, hi...

It's also one of the topics discussed in this episode of the American Birding Podcast www.aba.org/09-08-urban-... #AvianMalaria #Hawaii #Akikiki #Akekee #6thExtinction

Migratory birds spread their haemosporidian parasites along the world's major migratory flyways

https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.11012

#AvianMalaria #Plasmodium #Haemoproteus #HostParasiteNetwork #SpeciesDegree #BetweennessCentrality

House sparrow. Photo by Arnold Paul, Wikimedia Commons

Fig. 2 from the article: Effect of sampling location (A), (B) and infection status (C), (D) on microbiome alpha diversity.

NEW PAPER: diet, but not blood parasite infection, influence microbiota diversity in house sparrows, suggesting local microbial adaptations to urban habitats.

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#Ornithology #UrbanEcology #Microbiota #Birds #AvianMalaria @NordicOikos.bsky.social

#avianmalaria #wildlifemalaria #ornithology

More and more power to #Wolbachia!! The realm of biocontrol opportunities are boundless with this remarkable WOnder bug 🦠🦟🐦 #avianmalaria

New publication: The pathology of #coinfection with Usutu virus and Plasmodium spp. in naturally infected Eurasian #blackbirds, by @TjommeM @ReinaSikkema and others. #avianmalaria #onehealth #arbovirus

New paper @DOrnitholGes: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-0...
#AvianMalaria #parasites did not vary across South #Africa in Black Sparrowhawks & no fitness costs of higher infection levels in breeding #raptors found.
@arjundevamar @Fitztitute @PeSumas...