Publications

Duc, M., Himmel, T., Ilgūnas, M., Eigirdas, V., Weissenbock, H., Valkiūnas, G. 2023. Exo-erythrocytic development of two Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), with description of Haemoproteus dumbbellus, a new blood parasite of bunting birds (Emberizidae). International Journal for Parasitology, 53 (10): 531–543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.02.009

Duc, M., Himmel, T., Harl, J., Iezhova, T., Nedorost, N., Matt, J., Ilgūnas, M., Weissenbock, H., Valkiūnas, G. 2023. Comparative analysis of the exo-erythrocytic development of five lineages of Haemoproteus majoris, a common haemosporidian parasite of European passeriform birds. Pathogens, 12 (7): art. no. 898. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12070898

Chagas, C.R.F., Duc, M., Gutierrez-Liberato, G.A., Valkiūnas, G. 2023. Host cells of Leucocytozoon (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae) gametocytes, with remarks on the phylogenetic importance of this character. Pathogens, 12 (5): art. no. 712. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12050712

Chagas, C.R.F., Hernandez-Lara, C., Duc, M., Valavičiūtė-Pocienė, K., Bernotienė, R. 2022. What Can Haemosporidian lineages found in Culicoides biting midges tell us about their feeding preferences? Diversity, 14 (11): art. no. 957. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14110957

Ellis, V.A., Kalbskopf, V., Ciloglu, A., Duc, M ., Huang, X., Inci, A., Bensch, S., Hellgren, O., Palinauskas, V. 2022. Genomic sequence capture of Plasmodium relictum in experimentally infected birds. Parasites & Vectors, 15 (1): art. no. 267. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05373-w

Valkiūnas, G., Duc, M., Iezhova, T.A. (2022) Increase of avian Plasmodium circumflexum prevalence, but not of other malaria parasites and related haemosporidians in northern Europe during the past 40 years. Malaria Journal, 21 (1): art. no. 105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04116-7

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

Hellgren, O., Kelbskopf, V., Ellis, V.A., Ciloglu, A., Duc, M., Huang, X., Lopes, R.J., Mata, V.A., Aghayan, S.A., Inci, A., Drovetski, S.V. (2021) Low MSP-1 haplotype diversity in the West Palearctic population of the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum. Malaria Journal, 20 (1): art. no. 265. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03799-8

Duc, M., Ilgūnas, M., Kubiliūnaitė, M., Valkiūnas, G. (2021) First report of Haemoproteus (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) megalomeronts in the brain of an avian host, with description of megalomerogony of Haemoproteus pastoris, the blood parasite of the Common starling. Animals, 11 (10): art. no. 2824. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11102824

Hernandez-Lara, C., Duc, M., Ilgūnas, M., Valkiūnas, G. (2021) Massive infection of lungs with exo-erythrocytic meronts in European robin Erithacus rubecula during natural Haemoproteus attenuatus haemoproteosis. Animals, 11 (11): art. no. 3273. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113273

Ciloglu, A., Ellis, V.A., Duc, M., Downing, P.A., Inci, A., Bensch, S. (2020) Evolution of vector transmitted parasites by host switching revealed through sequencing of Haemoproteus parasite mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 153: art. no. 106947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106947

Duc, M., Ilgūnas, M., Valkiūnas, G. (2020) Patterns of Haemoproteus majoris (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) megalomeront development. Acta Tropica, 212: art. no. 105706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105706