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Avian haemosporidia: Prevalence, host specificity, vectors
Janíčková, Lada ; Svobodová, Milena (advisor) ; Kvičerová, Jana (referee)
Haemosporidia are a group of protozoan parasites that shifts between vertebrates and insect vectors during a complicated life cycle. In this thesis I have focused on two of the genera infecting birds, Plasmodium and Haemoproteus (sometimes together referred to as avian malaria) in terms of their host specificity and prevalence in avian hosts and vectors. These globally distributed genera have different vectors, and although they both attack bird hosts, they have different host specificities. While the genus Plasmodium is rather generalistic, the genus Haemoproteus is more host specific. Key words: host specificity, prevalence, bird Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, vector, bird host
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