Publications

Bukauskaitė, D., Chagas, C.R.F., Duc, M., Kazak, M., Treinys, R. 2024. Prevalence and local transmission of haemosporidian (Haemosporida) parasites in nestlings of birds of prey (Aves, Accipitriformes) in the temperate forests in Lithuania. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife, 25: art. no. 101013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.101013

Kazak, M., Valavičiūtė-Pocienė, K., Kondrotaitė, S., Duc, M., Bukauskaitė, D., Hernández-Lara, C., Bernotienė, R., Chagas, C.R.F. 2024. Culicoides biting midges feeding behaviour as a key for understanding avian Haemoproteus transmission in Lithuania. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 38 (4): 530–541. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12752

Bernotienė, R., Treinys, R., Bukauskaitė, D. 2024. Vertical distribution of Culicoides biting midges in temperate forests. Diversity, 16 (9): art. no. 585. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16090585

Sakalauskas, P., Kaminskienė, E., Bukauskaitė, D., Eigirdas, V., Snegiriovaitė, J., Mardosaitė-Busaitienė, D., Paulauskas, A. 2024. Molecular detection of Babesia vesperuginis in bats from Lithuania. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 15 (5): art. no. 102283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102283

Chagas, C.R.F., Duc, M., Kazak, M., Valavičiūtė-Pocienė, K., Bukauskaitė, D., Hernandez-Lara, C., Bernotienė, R. 2024. High abundance of Haemoproteus parasites in Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae), with a confirmation of Culicoides reconditus as a new vector of these avian blood parasites. Insects, 15 (3): art. no. 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15030157

Bukauskaitė, D., Dementavičius, D., Rumbutis, S., Treinys, R. 2024. Differences in haemosporidian parasite prevalence and diversity in migratory and resident birds of prey species revealed by a non-invasive sampling method. Ecology and Evolution, 14 (3): e11038. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11038

Valkiūnas, G., Iezhova, T., Ilgūnas, M., Tchoumbou, M., Duc, M., Bukauskaitė, D., Himmel, T., Harl, J., Weissenböck, H. 2024. Unexpected absence of exo-erythrocytic merogony during high gametocytaemia in two species of Haemoproteus (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae), including description of Haemoproteus angustus n. sp. (lineage hCWT7) and a report of previously unknown residual bodies during in vitro gametogenesis. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife, 23: art. no. 100905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100905

Kazak, M., Bernotienė, R., Treinys, R., Bukauskaitė, D. 2023. Trypanosomatids in bloodsucking Diptera insects (Ceratopogonidae and Simuliidae) wild-caught at raptor bird nests in temperate forests. Diversity, 15 (5): art. no. 692. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15050692

Valkiūnas, G., Ilgūnas, M., Bukauskaitė, D., Duc, M., Iezhova, T.A. (2021) Description of Haemoproteus asymmetricus n. sp. (Haemoproteidae), with remarks on predictability of the DNA haplotype networks in haemosporidian parasite taxonomy research. Acta Tropica, 218: art. no. 105905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105905

Chagas, C.R.F., Harl, J., Preikša, V., Bukauskaitė, D., Ilgūnas, M., Weissenbock, H., Valkiūnas, G. (2021) Lankesterella (Apicomplexa, Lankesterellidae) blood parasites of Passeriform birds: prevalence, molecular and morphological characterization, with notes on sporozoite persistence in vivo and development in vitro. Animals, 11 (5): art. no. 1451. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051451

Bernotienė, R., Bartkevičienė, G., Bukauskaitė, D. (2021) The flying activity of biting midges (Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides) in Verkiai Regional Park, southeastern Lithuania. Parasitology Research, 120 (7): 2323–2332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07147-2

Bernotienė, R., Iezhova, T.A., Bukauskaitė, D., Chagas, C.R.F., Kazak, M., Valkiūnas, G. (2020) Development of Trypanosoma everetti in Culicoides biting midges. Acta Tropica, 210: art. no. 105555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105555

Bukauskaitė, D., Iezhova, T.A., Ilgūnas, M., Valkiūnas, G. (2019) High susceptibility of the laboratory-reared biting midges Culicoides nubeculosus to Haemoproteus infections, with review on Culicoides species that transmit avian haemoproteids. Parasitology. 146 (3): 333-341. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182018001373

Ilgūnas, M., Bukauskaitė, D., Palinauskas, V., Iezhova, T., Fragner, K., Platonova, E., Weissenbock, H., Valkiūnas, G. (2019) Patterns of Plasmodium homocircumflexum virulence in experimentally infected passerine birds. Malaria Journal. 18: art. no. 174. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2810-2

Chagas, C.R.F., Bukauskaitė, D., Ilgūnas, M., Bernotienė, R., Iezhova, T.,Valkiūnas, G. (2019) Sporogony of four Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae), with report of in vitro ookinetes of Haemoproteus hirundinis: phylogenetic inference indicates patterns of haemosporidian parasite ookinete development. Parasites & Vectors. 12 (1): art. no. 422. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3679-1

Ilgūnas, M., Chagas, C.R.F., Bukauskaitė, D., Bernotienė, R., Iezhova, T., Valkiūnas, G. (2019) The life-cycle of the avian haemosporidian parasite Haemoproteus majoris, with emphasis on the exoerythrocytic and sporogonic development. Parasites & Vectors. 12 (1): art. no. 516. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3773-4

Weinberg, J., Field, J.T., Ilgūnas, M., Bukauskaitė, D., Iezhova, T.,Valkiūnas, G., Sehgal, R.N.M. (2019) De novo transcriptome assembly and preliminary analyses of two avian malaria parasites, Plasmodium delichoni and Plasmodium homocircumfiexum. Genomics. 111 (6): 1815-1823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2018.12.004

Valkiūnas, G., Ilgūnas, M., Bukauskaitė, D., Chagas, C.R.F., Bernotienė, R., Himmel, T., Harl, J., Weissenbock, H., Iezhova, T.A. (2019) Molecular characterization of six widespread avian haemoproteids, with description of three new Haemoproteus species. Acta Tropica. 197: art. no. 105051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105051

Bukauskaitė, D., Chagas, C.R.F., Bernotienė, R., Žiegytė, R., Ilgūnas, M., Iezhova, T., Valkiūnas, G. (2019) A new methodology for sporogony research of avian haemoproteids in laboratory-reared Culicoides spp., with a description of the complete sporogonic development of Haemoproteus pastoris. Parasites & Vectors. 12 (1): art. no. 582. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3832-x

Valkiūnas, G., Ilgūnas, M., Bukauskaitė, D., Fragner, K., Weissenbock, H., Atkinson, C.T., Iezhova, T.A. (2018) Characterization of Plasmodium relictum, a cosmopolitan agent of avian malaria. Malaria Journal. 17: art. no. 184. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2325-2

Chagas, C.R.F., Bukauskaitė, D., Ilgūnas, M., Iezhova, T., Valkiūnas, G. (2018) A new blood parasite of leaf warblers: molecular characterization, phylogenetic relationships, description and identification of vectors. Parasites & Vectors. 11: art.no. 538. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3109-9

Valkiūnas, G., Ilgūnas, M., Bukauskaitė, D., Palinauskas, V., Bernotienė, R., Iezhova, T.A. (2017) Molecular characterization and distribution of Plasmodium matutinum, a common avian malaria parasite. Parasitology. 144 (3): 1726-1735. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182017000737

Ilgūnas M., Bukauskaitė D., Palinauskas V., Iezhova T.A., Dinhopl N., Nedorost N., Weissenbacher-Lang C., Weissenbock H., Valkiūnas G. (2016) Mortality and pathology in birds due to Plasmodium (Giovannolaia) homocircumflexum infection, with emphasis on the exoerythrocytic development of avian malaria parasites. Malaria Journal. 15: art. no. 256. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1310-x

Valkiūnas G., Ilgūnas M., Bukauskaitė D., Iezhova T.A. (2016) Description of Haemoproteus ciconiae sp nov (Haemoproteidae, Haemosporida) from the white stork Ciconia ciconia, with remarks on insensitivity of established polymerase chain reaction assays to detect this infection. Parasitology Research. 115 (7): 2609-2616. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-016-5007-4

Valkiūnas G., Ilgūnas M., Bukauskaitė D., Žiegytė R., Bernotienė R., Jusys V., Eigirdas, V., Fragner K., Weissenbock H., Iezhova T.A. (2016) Plasmodium delichoni n. sp.: description, molecular characterisation and remarks on the exoerythrocytic merogony, persistence, vectors and transmission. Parasitology Research. 115 (7): 2625-2636. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-016-5009-2

Bukauskaitė D., Bernotienė R., Iezhova T.A., Valkiūnas G. (2016) Mechanisms of mortality in Culicoides biting midges due to Haemoproteus infection. Parasitology. 143 (13): 1748-1754. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182016001426

Dimitrov, D., Palinauskas, V., Iezhova, T.A., Bernotienė, R., Ilgūnas, M., Bukauskaitė, D., Zehtindjiev, P., Ilieva, M., Shapoval, A.P., Bolshakov, C.V., Markovets, M.Y., Bensch, S., Valkiūnas, G. (2015) Plasmodium spp.: an experimental study on vertebrate host susceptibility to avian malaria. Experimental Parasitology. 148: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2014.11.005

Bukauskaitė, D., Žiegytė, R., Palinauskas, V., Iezhova, T., Dimitrov, D., Ilgūnas, M., Bernotienė, R., Markovets, M.Yu., Valkiūnas, G. (2015) Biting midges (Culicoides, Diptera) transmit Haemoproteus parasites of owls: evidence from sporogony and molecular phylogeny. Parasites & Vectors. 8: 303. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0910-6

Valkiūnas, G., Žiegytė, R., Palinauskas, V., Bernotienė, R., Bukauskaitė, D., Ilgūnas, M., Dimitrov, D., Ježova, T. (2015) Complete sporogony of Plasmodium relictum (lineage pGRW4) in mosquitoes Culex pipiens pipiens, with implications on avian malaria epidemiology. Parasitology Research. 114 (8): 3075-3085. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4510-3

Valkiūnas, G., Kazlauskienė, R., Bernotienė, R., Bukauskaitė, D., Palinauskas, V., Ježova, T. (2014) Haemoproteus infections (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) kill bird-biting mosquitoes. Parasitology Research. 113 (3): 1011-1018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-013-3733-4

Valkiūnas, G., Palinauskas, V., Ilgūnas, M., Bukauskaitė, D., Dimitrov, D., Bernotienė, R., Zehtindjiev, P., Ilieva, M., Ježova, T. (2014) Molecular characterization of five widespread avian haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida), with perspectives on the PCR-based detection of haemosporidians in wildlife. Parasitology Research. 113 (6): 2251-2263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-3880-2

Žiegytė, R., Bernotienė, R., Bukauskaitė, D., Palinauskas, V., Iezhova, T., Valkiūnas, G. (2014) Complete Sporogony of Plasmodium relictum (lineages pSGS1 and pGRW11) in Mosquito Culex pipiens pipiens form molestus, with Implications to Avian Malaria Epidemiology. Journal of Parasitology. 100 (6): 878-882. https://doi.org/10.1645/13-469.1