P. B. Šivickis Laboratory of Parasitology - Publikacijos

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

Aželytė, J., Maitre, A., Abuin-Denis, L., Wu-Chuang, A., Žiegytė, R., Mateos-Hernandez, L., Obregon, D., Palinauskas, V., Cabezas-Cruz, A. 2024. Nested patterns of commensals and endosymbionts in microbial communities of mosquito vectors. BMC Microbiology, 24 (1): art. no. 434. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03593-x

Welti, E.A.R., Bowler, D.E., Sinclair, J.S., Altermatt, F., Alvarez-Cabria, M., Amatulli, G., Angeler, D.G., Archambaud, G., Jorrin, I.A., Aspin, T., Azpiroz, I., Baker, NJ., Bañares, I., Ortiz, J.B., Bodin, C.L., Bonacina, L., Bonada, N., Bottarin, R., Cañedo-Argüelles, M., Csabai, Z., Datry, T., de Eyto, E., Dohet, A., Domisch, S., Dörflinger, G., Drohan, E., Eikland, K.A., England, J., Eriksen, T.E., Evtimova, V., Feio, M.J., Ferréol, M., Floury, M., Forcellini, M., Forio, M.A.E., Fornaroli, R., Friberg, N., Fruget, J.F., Marquez, J.R.G., Georgieva, G., Goethals, P., Graça, M.A.S., House, A., Huttunen, K.L., Jensen, T.C., Johnson, R.K., Jones, J.I., Kiesel, J., Larrañaga, A., Leitner, P., L’Hoste, L., Lizée, M.H., Lorenz, A.W., Maire, A., Arnaiz, J.A.M., Mckie, B., Millán, A., Muotka, T., Murphy, J.F., Ozolins, D., Paavola, R., Paril, P., Silva, F.J.P., Polasek, M., Rasmussen, J., Rubio, M., Fernández, D.S., Sandin, L., Schäfer, R.B., Schmidt-Kloiber, A., Scotti, A., Shen, L.Z.Q., Skuja, A., Stoll, S., Straka, M., Stubbington, R., Timm, H., Tyufekchieva, V.G., Tziortzis, I., Uzunov, Y., van der Lee, G.H., Vannevel, R., Varadinova, E., Várbiró, G., Velle, G., Verdonschot, P.F.M., Verdonschot, R.C.M., Vidinova, Y., Wiberg-Larsen, P., Haase, P. 2024. Time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate abundances and site characteristics of European streams and rivers. Scientific Data, 11 (1): art. no. 601. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03445-3

Binkienė, R., Vanstreels, R.E.T., Duc, M., Bernotienė, R. 2024. Description and circadian rhythms of Chandlerella sinensis Li, 1933 (Nematoda; Onchocercidae), with remarks of microfilariae effects on the host health. Parasitology, 151 (7): 732–743. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182024000738

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

Chagas, C.R.F., Monticelli, C., Lima, C.F.D., Ramos, P.L. 2024. Parasites diversity, abundance, prevalence, and richness infecting Didelphis aurita (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in the Atlantic rainforest, Brazil. Pathogens, 13 (9): art. no. 806. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13090806

Gutiérrez-López, R., Ferraguti, M., Bodawatta, K.H., Chagas, C.R.F., Chakarov, N., Duc, M., Emmenegger, T., García-Longoria, L., Lopes, R.J., Martinez-de la Puente,J., Renner, S.C., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Sehgal, R.N.M., Stankovic, D., Marzal, A., Dunn, J.C. 2024. The Wildlife Malaria Research network (WIMANET): Meeting report on the 1st WIMANET workshop. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife, 25: art. no. 100989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100989

Faltynková, A., O’Dwyer, K., Pantoja, C., Jouet, D., Skírnisson, K., Kudlai, O. 2024. Trematode species diversity in the faucet snail, Bithynia tentaculata at the western edge of its native distribution, in Ireland. Journal of Helminthology, 98: art. no. e52. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X24000397

Jarrett, C., Simon, O.G., Tchana, C.N., Pev, T.A., Kamkeng, M.F,M., Wandji, A.C., Manu, S.A., Tchoumbou, M.A., Helm, B., Powell, L.L., Nwaogu, C.J. 2024. Differences in phenology across three trophic levels between two Afrotropical sites separated by four degrees latitude. Ecology and Evolution, 14 (9): art. no. e70274. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70274

Kalbskopf, V., Aželytė, J., Palinauskas, V., Hellgren, O. 2024. Genomic variation in Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) and its implications for avian malaria infection outcomes: insights from experimental infections and genome-wide analysis. Malaria Journal, 23 (1): art. no. 260. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-05061-3

Veiga, J., Garrido, M., Garrigós, M., Chagas, C.R.F., Martínez-de la Puente, J. 2024. A literature review on the role of the invasive Aedes albopictus in the transmission of avian malaria parasites. Animals, 14 (14): art. no. 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14142019

Sinclair, J.S., Welti, E.A.R., Altermatt, F., Alvarez-Cabria, M., Aroviita, J., Baker, N.J., Baresová, L., Barquín, J., Bonacina, L., Bonada, N., Cañedo-Argüelles, M., Csabai, Z., de Eyto, E., Dohet, A., Dörflinger, G., Eriksen, T.E., Evtimova, V., Feio, M.J., Ferréol, M., Floury, M., Forio, M.A.E., Fornaroli, R., Goethals, P.L.M., Heino, J., Hering, D., Huttunen, K.L., Jähnig, S.C., Johnson, R.K., Kuglerová, L., Kupilas, B., L’Hoste, L., Larrañaga, A., Leitner, P., Lorenz, A.W., McKie, B.G., Muotka, T., Osadčaja, D., Paavola, R., Palinauskas, V., Paril, P., Pilotto, F., Polásek, M., Rasmussen, J.J., Schäfer, R.B., Schmidt-Kloiber, A., Scotti, A., Skuja, A., Straka, M., Stubbington, R., Timm, H., Tyufekchieva, V., Tziortzis, I., Vannevel, R., Várbíró, G., Velle, G., Verdonschot, R.C.M., Vray, S., Haase, P. 2024. Multi-decadal improvements in the ecological quality of European rivers are not consistently reflected in biodiversity metrics. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8 (3): 430–441. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02305-4</a

Valavičiūtė-Pocienė, K., Kalinauskaitė, G., Chagas, C.R.F., Bernotienė, R. 2024. Avian haemosporidian parasites from wild-caught mosquitoes with new evidence on vectors of Plasmodium matutinum. Acta Tropica, 256: art. no. 107260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107260

Abuin-Denis, L., Piloto-Sardiñas, E., Maître, A., Wu-Chuang, A., Mateos-Hernándes, L., Obregon, D., Corona-González, B., Fogaça, A.C., Palinauskas, V., Aželytė, J. Rodríguez-Mallon, A., Cabezas-Cruz, A. 2024. Exploring the impact of Anaplasma phagocytophilum on colonization resistance of Ixodes scapularis microbiota using network node manipulation. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases, 5: art. no. 100177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2024.100177

Bensch, S., Duc, M., Valkiūnas, G. 2024. Brain parasites and misorientation of migratory birds. Trends in Parasitology, 40 (5): 369–371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2024.02.008

Musa, S., Hemberle, T., Bensch, S., Palinauskas, V., Baltrūnaitė, L., Woog, F., Mackenstedt, U. 2024. Raising the bar: genus-specific nested PCR improves detection and lineage identification of avian haemosporidian parasites. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 14: art. no. 1385599. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1385599

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

Keckeisen, C., Šujanová, A., Himmel, T., Matt, J., Nedorost, N., Chagas, C.R.F., Weissenboeck, H., Harl, J. 2024. Isospora and Lankesterella parasites (Eimeriidae, Apicomplexa) of passeriform birds in Europe: Infection rates, phylogeny, and pathogenicity. Pathogens, 13 (4): art. no. 337. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13040337

Tchoumbou, M., Harl, J., Souaibou, A., Iezhova, T., Valkiūnas, G. 2024. Molecular characterization of Haemoproteus enucleator with emphasis on the host and geographic distribution. Acta Tropica, 253: art. no. 107154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107154

Valkiūnas, G., Ilgūnas, M., Hernández-Lara, C., Duc, M., Iezhova, T. 2024. First experimental observation on biology of the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium (Novyella) homonucleophilum (lineage pSW2), with remarks on virulence and distribution. Acta Tropica, 253: art. no. 107174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107174

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

Himmel, T., Harl, J., Matt, J., Nedorost, N., Iezhova, T., Ilgūnas, M., Valkiūnas, G., Weissenböck, H. 2024. RNAscope in situ hybridization reveals microvascular sequestration of Plasmodium relictum pSGS1 blood stages but absence of exo-erythrocytic dormant stages during latent infection of Serinus canaria. Malaria Journal, 23 (1): art. no. 70. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-04899-x

Prakas, P., Estruch, J., Velarde, R., Ilgūnas, M., Šneideris, D., Nicolás-Francisco, O., Marco, I., Calero-Bernal, R. 2024. First report of Sarcocystis halieti (Apicomplexa) in bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus). Veterinary Research Communications, 48 (1): 541–546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-023-10191-1

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

Harl, J., Fauchois, A., Puech, M.P., Gey, D., Ariey, F., Izac, B., Weissenboeck, H., Chakarov, N., Iezhova, T., Valkiūnas, G., Duval, L. 2024. Novel phylogenetic clade of avian Haemoproteus parasites (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from Accipitridae raptors, with description of a new Haemoproteus species. Parasite, 31: art. no. 5. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2023066

Aželytė, J., Maitre, A., Abuin-Denis, L., Piloto-Sardiñas, E., Wu-Chuang, A., Žiegytė, R., Mateos-Hernández, L., Obregón, D., Cabezas-Cruz, A., Palinauskas, V. 2024. Impact of Plasmodium relictum infection on the colonization resistance of bird gut microbiota: a preliminary study. Pathogens, 13 (1): art. no. 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13010091

Himmel, T., Harl, J., Matt, J., Nedorost, N., Lunardi, M., Ilgūnas, M., Iezhova, T., Valkiūnas, G., Weissenböck, H. 2024. Co-infecting Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida, Apicomplexa) show different host tissue tropism during exo-erythrocytic development in Fringilla coelebs (Fringillidae). International Journal for Parasitology, 54 (1): 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.07.004

Stoltefaut, T., Haubrock, P.J., Welti, E.A.R., Baker, N.J., Haase, P. 2024. A long-term case study indicates improvements in floodplain biodiversity after river restoration. Ecological Engineering, 198: art. no. 107143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107143

Anjos, C.C., Bicudo, T., Fecchio, A., Anciaes, M., Mathias, B.S., Chagas, C.R.F., Bell, J.A., Guimaraes, L.O., Monteiro, E.F., Kirchgatter, K. 2023. Prevalence and genetic diversity of avian haemosporidian parasites in islands within a mega hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon. Parasitology Research, 122 (9): 2065–2077. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-023-07906-3

Vanstreels, R.E.T., Chagas, C.R.F., Valkiūnas, G., dos Anjos, C.C., Parsons, N.J., Roberts, D.G., Snyman, A., Hurtado, R., Kirchgatter, K., Ludynia, K., Pistorius, P.A 2023. Haemoproteus jenniae (Haemoproteidae, Haemosporida) infects gulls (Larus spp.) in South Africa, with redescription of Haemoproteus skuae. Parasitology, 150 (14): 1286–1295. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118202300029X

Vermaak, A., Kudlai, O., Yong, R.Q.Y., Smit, N.J. 2023. Novel insights into the genetics, morphology, distribution and hosts of the global fish parasitic digenean Proctoeces maculatus (Looss, 1901) (Digenea: Fellodistomidae). Parasitology, 150 (13): 1242–1253. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023001026

Clemente, G.R.C., Gutierrez-Liberato, G.A., Anjos, C.C., Simoes, P.I., Mudrek, J.R., Fecchio, A., Lima, J.H.A., Oliveira, P.M.A., Pinho, J.B., Mathias, B.S., Guimaraes, L.O., Kirchgatter, K., Belk, M.C. 2023. Occurrence of Hepatozoon in some reptiles from Brazilian biomes with molecular and morphological characterization of Hepatozoon caimani. Diversity, 15 (12): art. no. 1192. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15121192

Machado, P.D., Lima, C.F.D., Ramos, P.L., Chagas, C.R.F., Salgado, P.A.B. 2023. Establishing hematologic and biochemical reference intervals for the endangered Lear’s macaw (Anodorhynchus leari). Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 52 (4): 749-754. https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.13302

Žiegytė, R., Palinauskas, V., Bernotienė, R. 2023. Natural vector of avian Haemoproteus asymmetricus parasite and factors altering the spread of infection. Insects, 14 (12): art. no. 926. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14120926

de Chambrier, A., Kudlai, O., Mcallister, C.T., Scholz, T. 2023. Discovering high species diversity of Ophiotaenia tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of watersnakes (Colubridae) in North America. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife, 22: 255–275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.10.006

Boonchuay, K., Thomrongsuwannakij, T., Chagas, C.R.F., Pornpanom, P. 2023. Prevalence and diversity of blood parasites (Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon and Trypanosoma) in backyard chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) raised in Southern Thailand. Animals, 13 (17): art. no. 2798. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13172798

Chagas, C.R.F., Duc, M., Himmel, T., Eigirdas, V., Weissenbock, H., Valkiūnas, G. 2023. Exo-erythrocytic development of Leucocytozoon parasites (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae) in song thrushes Turdus philomelos. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife, 22: 60–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.08.008

Enns, D., Cunze, S., Baker, N.J., Oehlmann, J., Jourdan, J. 2023. Flushing away the future: The effects of wastewater treatment plants on aquatic invertebrates. Water research, 243: art. no. 120388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120388

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

Haase, P., Bowler, D.E., Baker, NJ., Bonada, N., Domisch, S., Marquez, J.G.R., Heino, J., Hering, D., Jahnig, S.C., Schmidt-Kloiber, A., Stubbington, R., Altermatt, F., Alvarez-Cabria, M., Amatulli, G., Angeler, D.G., Archambaud-Suard, G., Jorrin, I.A., Aspin, T., Azpiroz, I., Banares, I., Ortiz, J.B., Bodin, C.L., Bonacina, L., Bottarin, R., Canedo-Arguelles, M., Csabai, Z., Datry, T., de Eyto, E., Dohet, A., Dorflinger, G., Drohan, E., Eikland, K.A., England, J., Eriksen, T.E., Evtimova, V., Feio, M.J., Ferreol, M., Floury, M., Forcellini, M., Forio, M.A.E., Fornaroli, R., Friberg, N., Fruget, J.F., Georgieva, G., Goethals, P., Graca, M.A.S., Graf, W., House, A., Huttunen, K.L., Jensen, T.C., Johnson, R.K., Jones, J.I., Kiesel, J., Kuglerova, L., Larranaga, A., Leitner, P., L’Hoste, L., Lizee, M.H., Lorenz, A.W., Maire, A., Arnaiz, J.A.M., McKie, B.G., Millan, A., Monteith, D., Muotka, T., Murphy, J.F., Ozolins, D., Paavola, R., Paril, P., Penas, F.J., Pilotto, F., Polasek, M., Rasmussen, J.J., Rubio, M., Sanchez-Fernandez, D., Sandin, L., Schafer, R.B., Scotti, A., Shen, L.Z.Q., Skuja, A., Stoll, S., Straka, M., Timm, H., Tyufekchieva, V.G., Tziortzis, I., Uzunov, Y., van der Lee, G.H., Vannevel, R., Varadinova, E., Varbiro, G., Velle, G., Verdonschot, P.F.M., Verdonschot, R.C.M., Vidinova, Y., Wiberg-Larsen, P., Welti, E.A.R. 2023. The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt. Nature, 620 (7974): 582–588. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06400-1

Harl, J., Himmel, T., Ilgūnas, M., Valkiūnas, G., Weissenboeck, H. 2023. The 18S rRNA genes of Haemoproteus (Haemosporida, Apicomplexa) parasites from European songbirds with remarks on improved parasite diagnostics. Malaria Journal, 22 (1): art. no. 232. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04661-9

Vermaak, A., Smit, N.J., Kudlai, O. 2023. Molecular characterisation of three species of Coitocaecum (Digenea: Opecoelidae) infecting Clinus superciliosus (Clinidae) in South Africa, with description of Coitocaecum brayi sp. n. Folia Parasitologica, 70: art. no. 015. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2023.015

Wu-Chuang, A., Mateos-Hernandez, L., Maitre, A., Rego, R.O.M., Sima, R., Porcelli, S. Rakotobe, S., Foucault-Simonin, A., Moutailler, S., Palinauskas, V., Aželytė, J., Simo, L., Obregon, D., Cabezas-Cruz, A. 2023. Microbiota perturbation by anti-microbiota vaccine reduces the colonization of Borrelia afzelii in Ixodes ricinus. Microbiome, 11 (1): art. no. 151. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01599-7

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

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

Petkevičiūtė, R., Stunžėnas, V., Stanevičiūtė, G. 2023. Hidden diversity in European Allocreadium spp. (Trematoda, Allocreadiidae) and the discovery of the adult stage of Cercariaeum crassum Wesenberg-Lund, 1934. Diversity, 15 (5): art. no. 645. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15050645

Valkiūnas, G., Iezhova, T.A. 2023. Insights into the biology of Leucocytozoon species (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae): Why is there slow research progress on agents of Leucocytozoonosis? Microorganisms, 11 (5): art. no. 1251. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11051251

Ferraguti, M., Magallanes, S., Jimenez-Penuela, J., de la Puente, J.M., Garcia-Longoria, L., Figuerola, J., Muriel, J., Albayrak, T., Bensch, S., Bonneaud, C., Clarke, R.H., Czirjak, G.A., Dimitrov, D., Espinoza, K., Ewen, J.G., Ishtiaq, F., Flores-Saavedra, W., Garamszegi, L.Z., Hellgren, O., Horakova, D., Huyvaert, K.P., Jensen, H., Križanauskienė, A., Lima, M.R., Lujan-Vega, C., Magnussen, E., Martin, L.B., Matson, K.D., Moller, A.P., Munclinger, P., Palinauskas, V., Pap, P.L., Perez-Tris, J., Renner, S.C., Ricklefs, R., Scebba, S., Sehgal, R.N.M., Soler, M., Szoellosi, E., Valkiūnas, G., Westerdahl, H., Zehtindjiev, P., Marzal, A. 2023. Environmental, geographical and time- related impacts on avian malaria infections in native and introduced populations of house sparrows (Passer domesticus), a globally invasive species. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32 (5): 809–823. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13651

Baker, N.J., Welti, E.A.R., Pilotto, F., Jourdan, J., Beudert, B., Huttunen, K.L., Muotka, T., Paavola, R., Gothe, E., Haase, P. 2023. Seasonal and spatial variation of stream macroinvertebrate taxonomic and functional diversity across three boreal regions. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 16 (2): 266–284. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12623

Scholz, T., de Chambrier, A., Kudlai, O., Tkach, V.V., McAllister, C.T. 2023. A global survey of tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of ‘true’ frogs (Amphibia: Ranidae), including a tabulated list of all proteocephalids parasitising amphibians. Folia Parasitologica, 70: art. no. 009. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2023.009

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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

Harl, J., Himmel, T., Valkiūnas, G., Ilgūnas, M., Bakonyi, T., Weissenbock, H. (2020) Geographic and host distribution of haemosporidian parasite lineages from birds of the family Turdidae. Malaria Journal, 19 (1): art. no. 335. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03408-0

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

Simoes, R.F., Wilke, A.B.B., Chagas, C.R.F., de Menezes, R.M.T., Suesdek, L., Multini, L.C., Silva, F.S., Grech, M.G., Marrelli, M.T., Kirchgatter, K. (2020) Wing geometric morphometrics as a tool for the identification of Culex subgenus mosquitoes of Culex (Diptera: Culicidae). Insects, 11 (9): art. no. 567. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11090567

Petkevičiūtė, R., Zhokhov, A.E., Stunžėnas, V., Poddubnaya, L.G., Stanevičiūtė, G. (2020) Phyllodistomum kupermani n. sp. from the European perch, Perca fluviatilis L. (Perciformes: Percidae), and redescription of Phyllodistomum macrocotyle (Luhe, 1909) with notes on the species diversity and host specificity in the European Phyllodistomum spp. (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae). Parasites & Vectors, 13 (1): art. no. 561. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04434-2

Palinauskas, V., Platonova, E., Žiegytė, R., Mukhin, A. (2020) Dynamics of blood stage and sporozoite-induced malarial infections in experimentally infected passerines. International Journal for Parasitology, 50 (13): 1057–1065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.05.015

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

Ciloglu, A., Ellis, V.A., Bernotienė, R.,Valkiūnas, G., Bensch, S. (2019) A new one-step multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection and identification of avian haemosporidian parasites. Parasitology Research. 118 (1): 191-201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-6153-7

Ortiz-Catedral, L., Brunton, D., Stidworthy, M.F., Elsheikha, H.M., Pennycott, T., Schulze, C., Braun, M., Wink, M., Gerlach, H., Pendl, H., Gruber, A.D., Ewen, J., Perez-Tris, J., Valkiūnas, G., Olias, P. (2019) Haemoproteus minutus is highly virulent for Australasian and South American parrots. Parasites & Vectors. 12: art. no. 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3255-0

Lisitsyna, O.I., Kudlai, O., Spraker, T.R., Tkach, V.V., Smales, L.R., Kuzmina, T.A. (2019) Morphological and molecular evidence for synonymy of Corynosoma obtuscens Lincicome, 1943 with Corynosoma australe Johnston, 1937 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae). Systematic Parasitology. 96 (1): 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-018-9830-0

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

Hoogendoorn, C., Smit, N.J., Kudlai, O. (2019) Molecular and morphological characterisation of four diplostomid metacercariae infecting Tilapia sparrmanii (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in the North West Province, South Africa. Parasitology Research. 118 (5): 1403-1416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06285-y

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

Binkienė, R., Miliute, A., Stunžėnas, V. (2019) Molecular data confirm the taxonomic position of Hymenolepis erinacei (Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae) and host switching, with notes on cestodes of Palaearctic hedgehogs (Erinaceidae). Journal of Helminthology. 93 (2): 195-202. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X18000056

Himmel, T., Harl, J., Kubber-Heiss, A., Konicek, C., Fernandez, N., Juan-Salles, C., Ilgūnas, M., Valkiūnas, G., Weissenbock, H. (2019) Molecular probes for the identification of avian Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon parasites in tissue sections by chromogenic in situ hybridization. Parasites & Vectors. 12: art. no. 282. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3536-2

Bernotienė, R., Žiegytė, R., Vaitkutė, G., Valkiūnas, G. (2019) Identification of a new vector species of avian haemoproteids, with a description of methodology for the determination of natural vectors of haemosporidian parasites. Parasites & Vectors. 12: art. no. 307. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3559-8

Pornpanom, P., Chagas, C.R.F., Lertwatcharasarakul, P., Kasorndorkbua, C., Valkiūnas, G., Salakij, C. (2019) Molecular prevalence and phylogenetic relationship of Haemoproteus and Plasmodium parasites of owls in Thailand: Data from a rehabilitation centre. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife. 9: 248-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.06.002

Lotta, I.A., Valkiūnas, G., Pacheco, M.A., Escalante, A.A., Hernandez, S.R., Matta, N.E. (2019) Disentangling Leucocytozoon parasite diversity in the neotropics: Descriptions of two new species and shortcomings of molecular diagnostics for leucocytozoids. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife. 9: 159-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.05.002

Ilgūnas, M., Palinauskas, V., Platonova, E., Iezhova, T., Valkiūnas, G. (2019) The experimental study on susceptibility of common European songbirds to Plasmodium elongatum (lineage pGRW6), a widespread avian malaria parasite. Malaria Journal. 18 (1): art. no. 290. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2926-4

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

Harl, J., Himmel, T., Valkiūnas, G., Weissenbock, H. (2019) The nuclear 18S ribosomal DNAs of avian haemosporidian parasites. Malaria Journal. 18 (1): art. no. 305. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2940-6

Lisitsyna, O.I., Kudlai, O., Cribb, T.H., Smit, N.J. (2019) Three new species of acanthocephalans (Palaeacanthocephala) from marine fishes collected off the East Coast of South Africa. Folia Parasitologica. 66: art. no. 012. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2019.012

Greben, O., Kudlai, O., Kornyushin, V.V. (2019) The intermediate hosts of Wardium cirrosa (Krabbe, 1869) Spassky, 1961 (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, Aploparaksidae) in Ukraine. Parasitology Research. 118 (11): 3129-3137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06453-0

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

Kornienko, S.A., Binkienė, R., Dokuchaev, N.E., Tkach, V.V. (2019) Molecular phylogeny and systematics of cestodes with rudimentary rostellum (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) from Holarctic Sorex shews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 187 (3): 965-986. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz061

Cepeda, A.S., Lotta-Arevalo, I.A., Pinto-Osorio, D.F., Macias-Zacipa, J., Valkiūnas, G., Barato, P., Matta, N.E. (2019) Experimental characterization of the complete life cycle of Haemoproteus columbae, with a description of a natural host-parasite system used to study this infection. International Journal for Parasitology. 49 (12): 975-984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.07.003

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

Svitin, R., Truter, M., Kudlai, O., Smit, N.J., du Preez, L. (2019) Novel information on the morphology, phylogeny and distribution of camallanid nematodes from marine and freshwater hosts in South Africa, including the description of Camallanus sodwanaensis n. sp. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife. 10: 263-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.09.007

Groff, T.C.,Lorenz, T.J., Crespo, R., Iezhova, T., Valkiūnas, G., Sehgal, R.N.M. (2019) Haemoproteosis lethality in a woodpecker, with molecular and morphological characterization of Haemoproteus velans (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae). International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife. 10: 93-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.07.007

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

Petkevičiūtė, R., Stunžėnas, V., Stanevičiūtė, G. (2018) Comments on species divergence in the genus Sphaerium(Bivalvia) and phylogenetic affinities of Sphaerium nucleus and S. corneum var. mamillanum based on karyotypes and sequences of 16S and ITS1 rDNA. Plos One. 13 (1): art. no. e0191427. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191427

Pacheco, M.A., Matta, N.E., Valkiūnas, G., Parker, P.G., Mello, B., Stanley, C.E., Lentino, M., Garcia-Amado, M.A., Cranfield, M., Pond, S.L.K., Escalante, A.A. (2018) Mode and rate of evolution of haemosporidian mitochondrial genomes: timing the radiation of avian parasites. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35 (2): 383-403. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msx285

Kuzmina, TA., Tkach, V.V., Spraker, T.R., Lyons, E.T., Kudlai, O. (2018) Digeneans of northern fur seals Callorhinus ursinus (Pinnipedia: Otariidae) from five subpopulations on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Parasitology Research. 117 (4): 1079-1086. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5784-z”>https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5784-z

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

Valkiūnas, G., Iezhova, T.A. (2018) Keys to the avian malaria parasites. Malaria Journal. 17: art. no. 212. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2359-5

Jia, T., Valkiūnas, G., Yang, M.H., Zheng, C.M., Pu, T.C., Zhang, Y.Y., Dong, L., Suo, X., Zhang, C.L. (2018) Malaria parasites and related haemosporidians cause mortality in cranes: a study on the parasites diversity, prevalence and distribution in Beijing Zoo. Malaria Journal. 17: art.no 234. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2385-3″>https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2385-3

Pacheco, M.A., Cepeda, A.S., Bernotienė, R., Lotta, I.A., Matta, N.E., Valkiūnas, G., Escalante, A.A. (2018) Primers targeting mitochondrial genes of avian haemosporidians: PCR detection and differential DNA amplification of parasites belonging to different genera. International Journal for Parasitology. 48 (8): 657-670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.02.003

Valskienė, R., Baršienė, J., Butrimavičienė, L., Grygiel, W., Stunžėnas, V., Jokšas, K., Stankevičiūtė, M. (2018) Environmental genotoxicity and cytotoxicity levels in herring (Clupea harengus), flounder (Platichthys flesus) and cod (Gadus morhua) inhabiting the Gdansk Basin of the Baltic Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 133: 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.05.023

Petkevičiūtė, R., Stunžėnas, V., Zhokhov, A.E., Poddubnaya, L.G., Stanevičiūtė, G. (2018) Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of European species of Crepidostomum Braun, 1900 (Trematoda: Allocreadiidae) based on rDNA, with special reference to Crepidostomum oschmarini Zhokhov & Pugacheva, 1998. Parasites & Vectors. 11: art. no. 530. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3095-y

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

Ferreira, F.C., Dutra, D.D., Martins, N.R.S., Valkiūnas, G., Braga, E.M. (2018) Haemoproteus paraortalidum n. sp in captive Black-fronted Piping-guans Aburria jacutinga (Galliformes, Cracidae): High prevalence in a population reintroduced into the wild. Acta Tropica. 188: 93-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.08.035

Huang, X., Hansson, R., Palinauskas, V., Valkiūnas, G., Hellgren, O., Bensch, S. (2018) The success of sequence capture in relation to phylogenetic distance from a reference genome: a case study of avian haemosporidian parasites. International Journal for Parasitology. 48 (12): 947-954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.05.009

Field, J.T., Weinberg, J., Bensch, S., Matta, N.E., Valkiūnas, G., Sehgal, R.N.M. (2018) Delineation of the genera Haemoproteus and Plasmodium using RNA-seq and multi-gene phylogenetics. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 86 (9): 646-654. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-018-9875-3

Kuzmina, T.A., Spraker, T.R., Kudlai, O., Lisitsyna, O.I., Zabludovskaja, S.O., Karbowiak, G., Fontaine, C., Kuchta, R. (2018) Metazoan parasites of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): A new data and review. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife. 7 (3): 326-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.09.001

Palinauskas, V., Žiegytė, R., Šengaut, J., Bernotienė, R. (2018) Different paths – the same virulence: experimental study on avian single and co-infections with Plasmodium relictum and Plasmodium elongatum. International Journal for Parasitology. 48 (14): 1089-1096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.08.003

Stoyanov B., Georgieva S., Pankov P., Kudlai O., Kostadinova A., Georgiev B.B. (2017). Morphology and molecules reveal a third species of the genus Posthodiplostomum Dubois, 1936 (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in Europe. Systematic Parasitology, 94 (1): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9680-6

Kudlai, O., Kostadinova, A., Pulis, E.E., Tkach, V.V. (2017) The Psilostomidae Looss, 1900 (sensu stricto) (Digenea: Echinostomatoidea): description of three new genera and a key to the genera of the family. Systematic Parasitology. 94 (1): 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9681-5

Chagas, C.R.F., Valkiūnas, G., Guimaraes, L.D., Monteiro, E.F., Guida, F.J.V., Simoes, R.F., Rodrigues, P.T., Luna, E.J.D., Kirchgatter, K. (2017) Diversity and distribution of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites in captive birds from a Brazilian megalopolis. Malaria Journal. 16: art. no. 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1729-8

Valkiūnas, G., Iezhova, T.A. (2017) Exo-erythrocytic development of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites. Malaria Journal. 16: art. no. 101. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1746-7

Ricklefs, R.E., Medeiros, M., Ellis, V.A., Svensson-Coelho M., Blake J.G., Loiselle B.A., Soares L., Fecchio A., Outlaw D., Marra, P.P., Latta, S.C., Valkiūnas, G., Hellgren, O., Bensch, S. (2017) Avian migration and the distribution of malaria parasites in New World passerine birds. Journal of Biogeography. 44 (5): 1113-1123. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12928

Videvall, E., Cornwallis, C.K., Ahren, D., Palinauskas, V., Valkiūnas, G., Hellgren, O. (2017) The transcriptome of the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium ashfordi displays host-specific gene expression. Molecular Ecology. 26 (11): 2939-2958. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14085

Stunžėnas, V., Petkevičiūtė, R., Poddubnaya, L.G., Stanevičiūtė, G., Zhokhov, A.E. (2017) Host specificity, molecular phylogeny and morphological differences of Phyllodistomum pseudofolium Nybelin, 1926 and Phyllodistomum angulatum Linstow, 1907 (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae) with notes on Eurasian ruffe as final host for Phyllodistomum spp. Parasites & Vectors. 10: 286. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2210-9

Žiegytė, R., Markovets, M.Y., Bernotienė, R., Mukhin, A., Iezhova, T.A., Valkiūnas, G., Palinauskas, V. (2017) The widespread biting midge Culicoides impunctatus (Ceratopogonidae) is susceptible to infection with numerous Haemoproteus (Haemoproteidae) species. Parasites & Vectors.10: art. no. 397. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2317-z”>https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2317-z

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

Valkiūnas, G., Pendl, H., Olias, P. (2017) New Haemoproteus parasite of parrots, with remarks on the virulence of haemoproteids in naive avian hosts. Acta Tropica. 176: 256-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.08.004

Palinauskas, V., Bernotienė, R., Žiegytė, R., Bensch, S., Valkiūnas, G. (2017) Experimental evidence for hybridization of closely related lineages in Plasmodium relictum. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 217: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2017.08.002

Kudlai, O., Oros, M., Kostadinova, A., Georgieva, S. (2017) Exploring the diversity of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in fishes from the River Danube using mitochondrial DNA barcodes. Parasites & Vectors. 10: art. no. 592. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2518-5

Cribb T.H., Bray R.A., Diaz P.E., Huston D.C., Kudlai O., Martin S.B., Yong R.Q-Y., Cutmore S.C. (2016). Trematodes of fishes of the Indo-west Pacific: told and untold richness. Systematic parasitology, 93 (3): 237–247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9625-0

Žiegytė R., Bernotienė R., Palinauskas V., Valkiūnas G. (2016) Haemoproteus tartakovskyi (Haemoproteidae): Complete sporogony in Culicoides nubeculosus (Ceratopogonidae), with implications for avian haemoproteid experimental research. Experimental Parasitology. 160: 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2015.11.003

Kudlai O., Pulis E.E., Kostadinova A., Tkach V.V. (2016) Neopsilotrema n. g. (Digenea: Psilostomidae) and three new species from ducks (Anseriformes: Anatidae) in North America and Europe. Systematic Parasitology. 93 (4): 307-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9634-z

Valkiūnas G., Mobley K., Ježova T.A. (2016) Hepatozoon ellisgreineri n. sp. (Hepatozoidae): description of the first avian apicomplexan blood parasite inhabiting granulocytes. Parasitology Research. 115 (2): 609-613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4777-4

Carlson J.S., Giannitti F., Valkiūnas G., Tell L.A., Snipes J., Wright S., Cornel A.J. (2016) A method to preserve low parasitaemia Plasmodium-infected avian blood for host and vector infectivity assays. Malaria Journal. 15: art. no. 154. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1198-5

Tkach V.V., Kudlai O., Kostadinova A. (2016) Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1899 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea). International Journal for Parasitology. 46 (3): 171-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.11.001

Bernotienė R., Palinauskas V., Iezhova T., Murauskaitė D., Valkiūnas G. (2016) Avian haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida): A comparative analysis of different polymerase chain reaction assays in detection of mixed infections. Experimental Parasitology. 163: 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2016.01.009

Chagas C.R.F., Guimares L.D., Monteiro E.F., Valkiūnas G., Katayama M.V., Santos S.V., Guida F.J.V., Simoes R.F., Kirchgatter K. (2016) Hemosporidian parasites of free-living birds in the So Paulo Zoo, Brazil. Parasitology Research. 115 (4): 1443-1452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4878-0

Baršienė J., Butrimavičienė L., Grygiel W., Stunžėnas V., Valskienė R., Greiciūnaitė J., Stankevičiūtė, M. (2016) Environmental genotoxicity assessment along the transport routes of chemical munitions leading to the dumping areas in the Baltic Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 103 (1-2): 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.12.048

Walther E., Valkiūnas G., Wommack E.A., Bowie R.C.K., Iezhova T.A., Sehgal R.N.M. (2016) Description and molecular characterization of a new Leucocytozoon parasite (Haemosporida: Leucocytozoidae), Leucocytozoon californicus sp nov., found in American kestrels (Falco sparverius sparverius). Parasitology Research. 115 (5): 1853-1862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-016-4925-5

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

Bernotienė R., Valkiūnas G. (2016) PCR detection of malaria parasites and related haemosporidians: the sensitive methodology in determining bird-biting insects. Malaria Journal. 15: art. no. 283. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1338-y

Dimitrov D., Iezhova T.A., Zehtindjiev P., Bobeva A., Ilieva M., Kirilova M., Bedev K., Sjoholm C., Valkiūnas G. (2016) Molecular characterisation of three avian haemoproteids (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), with the description of Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) palloris n. sp. Systematic parasitology. 93 (5): 431-449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9638-8

Kornienko S., Binkienė R., Tkach V.V. (2016) Revision of the genus Soricinia Spassky & Spasskaja, 1954 (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae) with redescriptions of three species, an amended generic diagnosis and an identification key to species. Systematic parasitology. 93 (5): 451-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9639-7

Mantilla J.S., Gonzalez A.D., Lotta I.A., Moens M., Pacheco M.A., Escalante A.A., Valkiūnas G., Moncada L.I., Perez-Tris J., Matta N.E. (2016) Haemoproteus erythrogravidus n. sp (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae): Description and molecular characterization of a widespread blood parasite of birds in South America. Acta Tropica. 159: 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.02.025

Bensch, S., Canbäck B., DeBarry J.D., Johansson T., Hellgren O., Kissinger J.C. Palinauskas V., Videvall E., Valkiūnas G. (2016) The genome of Haemoproteus tartakovskyi and its relationship to human malaria parasites. Genome Biology and Evolution. 8 (5): 1361-1373. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw081

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

Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T., Sehgal R.N.M. (2016) Deforestation does not affect the prevalence of a common trypanosome in African birds. Acta Tropica. 162: 222-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.07.003

Mukhin A., Palinauskas V., Platonova E., Kobylkov D., Vakoliuk I., Valkiūnas G. (2016) The strategy to survive primary malaria infection: an experimental study on behavioural changes in parasitized birds. PLOS ONE. 11 (7): e0159216. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159216

Nilsson E., Taubert H., Hellgren O., Huang X., Palinauskas V., Markovets M.Y., Valkiūnas G., Bensch S. (2016) Multiple cryptic species of sympatric generalists within the avian blood parasite Haemoproteus majoris. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29 (9): 1812-1826. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12911

Asghar M., Palinauskas V., Zaghdoudi-Allan N., Valkiūnas G., Mukhin A., Platonova, E., Farnert A., Bensch S., Hasselquist D. (2016) Parallel telomere shortening in multiple body tissues owing to malaria infection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 283 (1836): art. no. 20161184. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1184

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

Kudlai O., Cribb T.H., Cutmore S.C. (2016) A new species of microphallid (Trematoda: Digenea) infecting a novel host family, the Muraenidae, on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Systematic Parasitology. 93 (9): 863-876. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9670-8

Moens M.A.J., Valkiūnas G., Paca A., Bonaccorso E., Aguirre N., Perez-Tris Jv. (2016) Parasite specialization in a unique habitat: hummingbirds as reservoirs of generalist blood parasites of Andean birds. Journal of Animal Ecology. 85 (5): 1234-1245. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12550

Lutz H.L., Marra N.J., Grewe F., Carlson J.S., Palinauskas V., Valkiūnas G., Stanhope M.J. (2016) Laser capture microdissection microscopy and genome sequencing of the avian malaria parasite, Plasmodium relictum. Parasitology Research. 115 (12): 4503-4510.Lutz H.L., Marra N.J., Grewe F., Carlson J.S., Palinauskas V., Valkiūnas G., Stanhope M.J. (2016) Laser capture microdissection microscopy and genome sequencing of the avian malaria parasite, Plasmodium relictum. Parasitology Research. 115 (12): 4503-4510. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-016-5237-5

Palinauskas V., Žiegytė R., Iezhova T.A., Ilgūnas M., Bernotiene, R., Valkiūnas G. (2016) Description, molecular characterisation, diagnostics and life cycle of Plasmodium elongatum (lineage pERIRUB01), the virulent avian malaria parasite. International Journal for Parasitology. 46 (11): 697-707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.05.005

Binkienė, R., Kornienko, S.A., Tkach, V.V. (2015) Soricinia genovi n. sp from Neomys fodiens in Bulgaria, with redescription of Soricinia globosa (Baer, 1931) (Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae). Parasitology Research. 114 (1): 209-218.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-4180-6

Kudlai, O., Tkach, V.V., Pulis, E.E., Kostadinova, A. (2015) Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of Euparyphium capitaneum Dietz, 1909, the type-species of Euparyphium Dietz, 1909 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae). Systematic Parasitology. 90 (1): 53-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-014-9533-0

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

Palinauskas, V., Žiegytė, R., Ilgūnas, M., Iezhova, T.A., Bernotienė, R., Bolshakov, C., Valkiūnas, G. (2015) Description of the first cryptic avian malaria parasite, Plasmodium homocircumflexum n. sp., with experimental data on its virulence and development in avian hosts and mosquitoes. International Journal for Parasitology. 45 (1): 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.08.012

Kudlai, O., Kostadinova, A., Pulis, E.E., Tkach, V.V. (2015) A new species of Drepanocephalus Dietz, 1909 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) from the double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson) (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) in North America. Systematic Parasitology. 90 (3): 221-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-015-9550-7

Lotta, I.A., Gonzalez, A.D., Pacheco, M.A., Escalante, A.A., Valkiūnas, G., Moncada, L.I., Matta, N.E. (2015) Leucocytozoon pterotenuis sp nov (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae): description of the morphologically unique species from the Grallariidae birds, with remarks on the distribution of Leucocytozoon parasites in the Neotropics. Parasitology Research. 114 (3): 1031-1044. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-4269-y

Petkevičiūtė, R., Stunžėnas, V., Stanevičiūtė, G., Zhokhov, A.E. (2015) European Phyllodistomum (Digenea, Gorgoderidae) and phylogenetic affinities of Cercaria duplicata based on rDNA and karyotypes. Zoologica Scripta. 44 (2): 191-202. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12080

Videvall, E., Cornwallis, C.K., Palinauskas, V., Valkiūnas, G., Hellgren, O. (2015) The avian transcriptome response to malaria infection. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32 (5): 1255-1267. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msv016

Stanevičiūtė, G., Stunžėnas, V., Petkevičiūtė, R. (2015) Phylogenetic relationships of some species of the family Echinostomatidae Odner, 1910 (Trematoda), inferred from nuclear rDNA sequences and karyological analysis. Comparative Cytogenetics. 9 (2): 257-270. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i2.4846

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., Ježova, T., Palinauskas, V., Ilgūnas, M., Bernotienė, R. (2015) The evidence for rapid gametocyte viability changes in the course of parasitemia in Haemoproteus parasites. Parasitology Research. 114 (8): 2903-2909. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4491-2

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

Hellgren, O., Atkinson, C. T., Bensch, S., Albayrak, T., Dimitrov, D., Ewen, J., Kim, K.S., Lima, M. R., Martin, L. B., Palinauskas, V., Ricklefs, R.E., Sehgal, R.N.M., Valkiūnas, G., Tsuda, Y., Marzal, A. (2015) Global phylogeography of the avian malaria pathogen Plasmodium relictum based on MSP1 allelic diversity. Ecography. 38 (8): 842-850. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01158

Coral A.A., Valkiūnas G., Gonzalez A.D., Matta N.E. (2015) In vitro development of Haemoproteus columbae (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae), with perspectives for genomic studies od avian haemosporidian parasites. Experimental Parasitology. 157: 163-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2015.08.003

Patitucci K. F., Kudlai O., Tkach V.V. (2015) Nephromonorcha varitestis n. sp. (Digenea: Renicolidae) from the American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos in North Dakota, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology. 82 (2): 254-261. https://doi.org/10.1654/4775.1

Petkevičiūtė R., Kudlai O., Stunžėnas V., Stanevičiūtė G. (2015) Molecular and karyological identification and morphological description of cystocercous cercariae of Phyllodistomum umblae and Phyllodistomum folium (Digenea, Gorgoderidae) developing in European sphaeriid bivalves. Parasitology International. 64 (5): 441-447. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2015.06.007″>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2015.06.007

Kudlai O., Cutmore S. C., Cribb T.H. (2015) Morphological and molecular data for three species of the Microphallidae (Trematoda: Digenea) in Australia, including the first descriptions of the cercariae of Maritrema brevisacciferum Shimazu et Pearson, 1991 and Microphallus minutus Johnston, 1948. Folia Parasitologica. 62: 053. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2015.053

Sehgal R.N.M., Iezhova T.A., Marzec T., Valkiūnas G. (2015) Trypanosoma naviformis sp. nov. (Kinetoplastidae: Trypanosomatidae) from widespread African songbirds, the Olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea) and Yellow-whiskered greenbul (Andropadus latirostris). Zootaxa. 4034 (2): 342-350. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.6

Kudlai O., Stunžėnas V., Tkach V.V. (2015) The taxonomic identity and phylogenetic relationships of Cercaria pugnax and C. helvetica XII (Digenea: Lecithodendriidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Folia Parasitologica. 62: 003. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2015.003

Bensch, S., Coltman, D.W., Davis, C.S., Hellgren, O., Johansson, T., Malenfant, R.M., Moore, S.S., Palinauskas, V., Valkiūnas, G. (2014) Genomic resources notes accepted 1 June 2013-31 July 2013. Molecular Ecology Resources. 14 (1): 218. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12166

Dimitrov, D., Zehtindjiev, P., Bensch, S., Ilieva, M., Ježova, T., Valkiūnas, G. (2014) Two new species of Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from European birds, with emphasis on DNA barcoding for detection of haemosporidians in wildlife. Systematic Parasitology. 87 (2): 135-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-013-9464-1

Petkevičiūtė, R., Stunžėnas, V., Stanevičiūtė, G. (2014) Differentiation of European freshwater bucephalids (Digenea: Bucephalidae) based on karyotypes and DNA sequences. Systematic Parasitology. 87 (2): 199-212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-013-9465-0

Matta, N.E., Lotta, I.A., Valkiūnas, G., Gonzalez, A.D., Pacheco, M. A., Escalante, A.A., Moncada, L.I., Rodriguez-Fandino, O.A. (2014) Description of Leucocytozoon quynzae sp nov (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae) from hummingbirds, with remarks on distribution and possible vectors of leucocytozoids in South America. Parasitology Research. 113 (2): 457-468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-013-3675-x

Valkiūnas, G., Palinauskas, V., Ilgūnas, M., Bernotienė, R., Ježova, T. (2014) In vitro development of Haemoproteus parasites : the efficiency of reproductive cells increase during simultaneous sexual process of different lineages. Parasitology Research. 113 (4): 1417-1423. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-3782-3

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

Matta, N. E., Pacheco, M. A., Escalante, A. A., Valkiūnas, G., Ayerbe-Quiñones, F., Acevedo-Cendales, L. D. (2014) Description and molecular characterization of Haemoproteus macrovacuolatus n. sp. (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), a morphologically unique blood parasite of black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) from South America. Parasitology Research. 113 (8): 2991-3000. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-3961-2

Walther, E. L., Valkiūnas, G., González, A. D., Matta, N. E., Ricklefs, R. E., Cornel, A., Sehgal, R. N.M. (2014) Description, molecular characterization, and patterns of distribution of a widespread New World avian malaria parasite (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae), Plasmodium (Novyella) homopolare sp. nov. Parasitology Research. 113 (9): 3319-3332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-3995-5

Kornienko, S. A., Binkienė, R. (2014) Redescription and systematic position of Soricinia tripartita Zarnowski, 1955 (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea), a cestode species parasitic in shrews of the genus Sorex, including erection of Gulyaevilep. Folia Parasitologica. 61 (2): 141-147. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2014.015

Stunžėnas, V., Petkevičiūtė, R., Stanevičiūtė, G., Binkienė, R. (2014) Rhipidocotyle fennica (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from Anodonta anatina and pike Esox lucius in Lithuania. Parasitology Research. 113 (10): 3881-3883. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-4102-7

Žiegytė, R., Palinauskas, V., Bernotienė, R., Ježova, T., Valkiūnas, G. (2014) Haemoproteus minutus and Haemoproteus belopolskyi (Haemoproteidae): Complete sporogony in the biting midge Culicoides impunctatus (Ceratopogonidae), with implications on epidemiology of haemoprote. Experimental Parasitology. 145: 74-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2014.07.014

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

Valkiūnas, G., Kazlauskienė, R., Bernotienė, R., Palinauskas, V., Ježova, T. (2013) Abortive long-lasting sporogony of two Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) in the mosquito Ochlerotatus cantans, with perspectives on haemosporidian vector research. Parasitology research. 112 (6): 2159–2169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-013-3375-6

Dimitrov, D., Valkiūnas, G., Zehtindjiev, P., Ilieva, M., Bensch, S. (2013) Molecular characterization of haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida) in yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava), with description of in vitro ookinetes of Haemoproteus motacillae. Zootaxa. 3666 (3): 369–381. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3666.3.7

Ilgūnas, M., Palinauskas, V., Ježova, T., Valkiūnas, G. (2013) Molecular and morphological characterization of two avian malaria parasites (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae), with description of Plasmodium homonucleophilum n. sp. Zootaxa. 3666 (1): 49–61. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3666.1.5

Palinauskas, V., Križanauskienė, A., Ježova, T., Bolshakov, C.V., Bensch, S., Valkiūnas, G. (2013) A New method for isolation of purified genomic DNA from haemosporidian parasites inhabiting nucleated red blood cells. Experimental parasitology. 133 (3): 275–280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2012.12.003

Palinauskas, V., Ježova, T., Križanauskienė, A., Markovets, M. Yu., Bensch, S., Valkiūnas, G. (2013) Molecular characterization and distribution of Haemoproteus minutus (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) : a pathogenic avian parasite. Parasitology international. 62 (4): 358–363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2013.03.006

Kazlauskienė, R., Bernotienė, R., Palinauskas, V., Ježova, T., Valkiūnas, G. (2013) Plasmodium relictum (lineages pSGS1 and pGRW11) : Complete synchronous sporogony in mosquitoes Culex pipiens pipiens. Experimental parasitology. 133 (4): 454–461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2013.01.008

Silveira, P., Belo, N. O., Lacorte, G. A., Kolesnikovas, C. K. M., Vanstreels, R. E. T., Steindel, M., Catao-Dias, J. L., Valkiūnas, G., Braga, É. M. (2013) Parasitological and new molecular-phylogenetic characterization of the malaria parasite Plasmodium tejerai in South American penguins. Parasitology international. 62 (2): 165–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2012.12.004

Križanauskienė, A., Ježova, T., Sehgal, R. N.M., Carlson, J. S., Palinauskas, V., Bensch, S., Valkiūnas, G. (2013) Molecular characterization of Haemoproteus sacharovi (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), a common parasite of columbiform birds, with remarks on classification of haemoproteids of doves and pigeons. Zootaxa. 3616 (1): 85–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.7

Valkiūnas, G., Palinauskas, V., Križanauskienė, A., Bernotienė, R., Kazlauskienė, R., Ježova, T. (2013) Further observations on in vitro hybridization of Hemosporidian parasites : patterns of ookinete development in Haemoproteus Spp. Journal of parasitology. 99 (1): 124–136. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3226.1

Bensch, S., Hellgren, O., Križanauskienė, A., Palinauskas, V., Valkiūnas, G., Outlaw, D., Ricklefs, R. E. (2013) How can we determine the molecular clock of malaria parasites? Trends in parasitology. 29 (8): 363–369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2013.03.011

Valkiūnas, G., Ježova, T., Evans, E., Carlson, J. S., Martinez-Gomez, J. E., Sehgal, R. N.M. (2013) Two new Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from Columbiform birds. Journal of parasitology. 99 (3): 513–521. https://doi.org/10.1645/12-98.1

Carlson, J.S., Martinez-Gomez, J.E., Valkiūnas, G., Loiseau, C., Bell, D.A., Sehgal, R.N.M. (2013) Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of hemosporidian parasites in birds of Socorro Island, México, and their role in the re-introduction of the Socorro Dove (Zenaida graysoni). Journal of parasitology. 99 (2): 270–276. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3206.1

Mantilla, J.S., González, A. D., Valkiūnas, G., Moncada, L.I. (2013) Description and molecular characterization of Plasmodium (Novyella) unalis sp. nov. from the Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater) in highland of Colombia. Parasitology research. 112 (12): 4193–4204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-013-3611-0

Levin, I.I., Zwiers, P., Deem, S. L., Geest, E. A., Higashiguchi, J.M., Ježova, T., Jimenez-Uzcategui, G., Kim, D.H., Morton, J. P., Perlut, N. G., Renfrew, R. B., Sari, E. H. R., Valkiūnas, G., Parker, P.G. (2013) Multiple lineages of avian malaria parasites (Plasmodium) in the Galapagos Islands and evidence for arrival via migratory birds. Conservation biology. 27 (6): 1366–1377. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12127

Binkienė, R., Kontrimavičius, L. (2012) Mathevolepis alpina sp n. (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) from an alpine shrew : the first record of the genus in Europe. Folia parasitologica. 59 (4): 295–300.

Santiago-Alarcon, D., Palinauskas, V., Schaefer, H. M. (2012) Diptera vectors of avian Haemosporidian parasites : untangling parasite life cycles and their taxonomy. Biological reviews. 87 (4): 928–964. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00234.x

Petkevičiūtė, R., Stunžėnas, V., Stanevičiūtė, G. (2012) Clarification of the systematic position of Cercariaeum crassum Wesenberg-Lund, 1934 (Digenea), based on karyological analysis and DNA sequences. Journal of helminthology. 86 (3): 293–301. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X11000393

Berthová, L., Valkiūnas, G., Országhová, Z. (2012) The First report of nine species of haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida : Haemoproteus, Plasmodium and Leucocytozoon) in wild birds from Slovakia. Biologia. 67 (5): 931–933. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-012-0094-x

Levin, I. I., Valkiūnas, G., Ježova, T., O’Brien, S. L., Parker, P. (2012) Novel Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from the Swallow-Tailed Gull (Lariidae), with remarks on the host range of hippoboscid-transmitted avian hemoproteids. Journal of parasitology. 98 (4): 847–854. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3007.1

Križanauskienė, A., Ježova, T., Palinauskas, V., Chernetsov, N., Valkiūnas, G (2012) Haemoproteus nucleocondensus n. sp. (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from a Eurasian songbird, the Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Zootaxa. 3441: 36–46.

Zehtindjiev, P., Križanauskienė, A., Bensch, S., Palinauskas, V., Asghar, M., Dimitrov, D., Scebba, S., Valkiūnas, G. (2012) A new morphologically distinct avian malaria parasite that fails detection by established polymerase chain reaction-based protocols for amplification of the cytochrome b gene. Journal of parasitology. 98 (3): 657–665. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3006.1

Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Radžiutė, S., Stunžėnas, V., Būda, V. (2012) Erwinia typographi sp. nov., isolated from bark beetle (Ips typographus) gut. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 62 (4): 942–948. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.030304-0

Zehtindjiev, P., Križanauskienė, A., Scebba, S., Dimitrov, D., Valkiūnas, G., Hegemann, A., Tieleman, B. I., Bensch, S. (2012) Haemosporidian infections in skylarks (Alauda arvensis) : a comparative PCR-based and microscopy study on the parasite diversity and prevalence in southern Italy and the Netherlands. European journal of wildlife research. 58 (1): 335–344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-011-0586-y

Yohannes, E., Palinauskas, V., Valkiūnas, G., Lee, Raymond W., Bolshakov, Casimir V., Bensch, S. (2011) Does avian malaria infection affect feather stable isotope signatures? Oecologia. 167 (4): 937–942. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-2041-x

Valkiūnas, G., Ježova, T., Carlson, J. S., Sehgal, R. N.M. (2011) Two new trypanosoma species from African birds, with notes on the taxonomy of avian trypanosomes. Journal of parasitology. 97 (5): 924–390. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2796.1

Binkienė, R., Kontrimavičius, V., Hoberg, E. P. (2011) Overview of the cestode fauna of European shrews of the genus Sorex with comments on the fauna in Neomys and Crocidura and an exploration of historical processes in post-glacial Europe. Helminthologia. 48 (4): 207–228. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-011-0031-5

Levin, I. I., Valkiūnas, G., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Cruz, L. L., Ježova, T., O’Brien, S. L., Hailer, F., Dearborn, D., Schreiber, E. A., Fleischer, R. C., Ricklefs, R. E., Parker, P. G. (2011) Hippoboscid-transmitted Haemoproteus parasites (Haemosporida) infect Galapagos Pelecaniform birds: evidence from molecular and morphological studies, with a description of Haemoproteus iwa. International journal for parasitology. 41 (10): 1019–1027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.03.014

Ježova, T., Dodge, M., Sehgal, R. N. M., Smith, T. B., Valkiūnas, G. (2011) New avian Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: haemoproteidae) from African birds, with a critique of the use of host taxonomic information in hemoproteid classification. Journal of parasitology. 97 (4): 682–694. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2709.1

Braga, É. M., Silveira, P., Belo, N. O., Valkiūnas, G. (2011) Recent advances in the study of avian malaria: an overview with an emphasis on the distribution of Plasmodium spp in Brazil. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Vol. 106, suppl. 1 (2011) p. 3–11. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762011000900002

Marzal, A., Ricklefs, R. E., Valkiūnas, G., Albayrak, T., Arriero, E., Bonneaud, C., Czirják, G. A., Ewen, J., Hellgren, O., Hořáková, D., Ježova, T., Jensen, H., Križanauskienė, A., Lima, M. R., Lope, F. de, Magnussen, E., Martin, L. B., Møller, A. P., P (2011) Diversity, loss, and gain of malaria parasites in a globally invasive bird. PLoS ONE. 6 (7): e21905. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021905

Smith, T. B., Thomassen, H. A., Freedman, A. H., Sehgal, R. N.M., Buermann, W., Saatchi, S., Pollinger, J., Milá, B., Pires, D., Valkiūnas, G., Wayne, R. K. (2011) Patterns of divergence in the olive sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea (Aves: Nectariniidae) across the African rainforest-savanna ecotone. Biological journal of the Linnean Society. 103 (4): 821-835. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01674.x

Valkiūnas, G. (2011) Haemosporidian vector research: marriage of molecular and microscopical approaches is essential. Molecular ecology. 20 (15): 3084-3086. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05187.x

Valkiūnas, G., Ashford, R. W., Bensch, S., Killick-Kendrick, R., Perkins, S. (2011) A cautionary note concerning Plasmodium in apes. Trends in parasitology. 24 (6): 231-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2011.02.008

Stunžėnas, V., Petkevičiūtė, R., Stanevičiūtė, G. (2011) Phylogeny of Sphaerium solidum (Bivalvia) based on karyotype and sequences of 16S and ITS1 rDNA. Central European journal of biology. 6 (1): 105-117. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11535-010-0101-6

Sehgal, R. N. M., Buermann, W., Harrigan, R. J., Bonneaud, C., Loiseau, C., Chasar, A., Sepil, I., Valkiūnas, G., Ježova, T., Saatchi, S., Smith, T. B. (2011) Spatially explicit predictions of blood parasites in a widely distributed African rainforest bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society. B-Biological sciences. 278 (1708): 1025-1033. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1720

Palinauskas, V., Valkiūnas, G., Bolshakov, C. V., Bensch, S. (2011) Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) and Plasmodium ashfordi (lineage GRW2) : The effects of the co-infection on experimentally infected passerine birds. Experimental parasitology. 127 (2): 527-533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2010.10.007

Njabo, K. Y., Cornel, A. J., Bonneaud, C., Toffelmier, E., Sehgal, R. N. M., Valkiūnas, G., Russell, A. F., Smith, T. B. (2011) Nonspecific patterns of vector, host and avian malaria parasite associations in a central African rainforest. Molecular Ecology. 20 (5): 1049-1061. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04904.x

Valkiūnas, G., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Levin, I. I., Ježova, T. and Parker, P. G. (2010) A new Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from the endemic Galapagos Dove Zenaida galapagoensis, with remarks on the parasite distribution, vectors, and molecular diagnostics. Journal of parasitology. 96 (4): 783–792. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2442.1

Valkiūnas, G., Sehgal, R. N. M., Ježova, T. and Hull, A. C. (2010) Identification of Leucocytozoon toddi Group (Haemosporida : Leucocytozoidae), with remarks on the species taxonomy of Leucocytozoids. Journal of parasitology. 96 (1): 170–177. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2109.1

Krams, I., Cirule, D., Krama, T., Hukkanen, M., Rytkonen, S., Ježova, T., Rantala, M. J., Tummeleht, L. (2010) Effects of forest management on haematological parameters, blood parasites, and reproductive success of the Siberian tit ( Poecile cinctus) in northern Finland. Annales zoologici Fennici. 47 (5): 335–346. https://doi.org/10.5735/086.047.0504

Petkevičiūtė, R., Stunžėnas, V., Stanevičiūtė, G. and Sokolov, S. G. (2010) Comparison of the developmental stages of some European allocreadiid trematode species and a clarification of their life-cycles based on ITS2 and 28S sequences. Systematic Parasitology, 76 (3): 169–178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-010-9249-8

Palinauskas, V., Dolnik, O. V., Valkiūnas, G. and Bensch, S. (2010) Laser microdissection microscopy and single cell PCR of avian hemosporidians. Journal of Parasitology, 96 (2): 420–424. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2247.1

Loiseau, C., Ježova, T., Valkiūnas, G., Chasar, A., Hutchinson, A., Buermann, W., Smith, T. B. and Sehgal, R. N. M. (2010) Spatial variation of Haemosporidian parasite infection in African Rainforest bird species. Journal of Parasitology, 96 (1): 21–29. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2123.1

Križanauskienė, A., Peréz-Tris, J., Palinauskas, V., Hellgren, O., Bensch, S. and Valkiūnas, G. (2010) Molecular phylogenetic and morphological analysis of haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida) in a naturally infected European songbird, the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, with description of Haemoproteus pallidulus sp. nov. Parasitology, 137 (2): 217–227. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182009991235

Knowles, S. C. L., Palinauskas, V. and Sheldon, B. C. (2010) Chronic malaria infections increase family inequalities and reduce parental fitness: experimental evidence from a wild bird population. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23 (3): 557–569. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01920.x

Ježova, T., Valkiūnas, G., Loiseau, C., Smith, T. B. and Sehgal, R. N. M. (2010) Haemoproteus cyanomitrae sp. nov. (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from a Widespread African Songbird, the Olive Sunbird, Cyanomitra olivacea. Journal of parasitology. 96 (1): 137–143. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2198.1