Multiple Lineages of Avian Malaria Parasites (
                    <i>Plasmodium</i>
                    ) in the Galapagos Islands and Evidence for Arrival via Migratory Birds

I. LEVIN, I.; ZWIERS, P.; L. DEEM, S.; A. GEEST, E.; M. HIGASHIGUCHI, J.; A. IEZHOVA, T.; JIMÉNEZ‐UZCÁTEGUI, G.; H. KIM, D.; P. MORTON, J.; G. PERLUT, N.; B. RENFREW, R.; H. R. SARI, E.; VALKIUNAS, G.; G. Parker, P.

doi:10.1111/cobi.12127

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Multiple Lineages of Avian Malaria Parasites ( Plasmodium ) in the Galapagos Islands and Evidence for Arrival via Migratory Birds

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Authors:

I. I. LEVIN

P. ZWIERS

S. L. DEEM

Abstract

Abstract Haemosporidian parasites in the genus Plasmodium were recently detected through molecular screening in the Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus). We summarized results of an archipelago‐wide screen of 3726 endemic birds representing 22 species for Plasmodium spp. through a combination o...

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