Avian Haemosporidian (Plasmodium and Haemoproteus) Status in Two Bird Groups (Old-World Flycatchers and Thrushes) of India and Their Phylogenetic Relationships with Other Lineages of the World

Vipin 1 , Singh A 2 , Sharma V 1 , Tripathi NK 1 , Dixit R 3 , Singh B 2 Show all authors , Sharma CP 2 , Gandhi SG 4 , Mohan D 5 , Gupta SK 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Zoology, Central University of Jammu, Rahya-Suchani (Bagla), District Samba, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 181143, India
  • 2 Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, 248 001, India
  • 3 Laboratory of Host-Parasite Interaction Studies, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Dwarka, New Delhi, India
  • 4 Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 180001, India
  • 5 Forest Department, PCCF, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
  • 6 Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, 248 001, India. skg@wii.gov.in
Acta Parasitol, 2022 Dec;67(4):1756-1766.
PMID: 36306015 DOI: 10.1007/s11686-022-00626-1

Abstract

PURPOSE: Avian haemosporidian may affect the host from body damage to the extinction of a population. Knowledge of their status may help in future avifauna conservation plans. Hence, their status in two bird groups of India and their phylogenetic relationships with other known lineages of the world were examined.

METHODS: Cytochrome b gene sequences (479 bp) generated from India and available at MalAvi database were used to study the avian haemosporidian prevalence and phylogenetic analysis of lineages at local and world levels.

RESULTS: One common (COLL2) and only once in the study (CYOPOL01, CHD01, CYORUB01, EUMTHA01, GEOCIT01) haemosporidian lineages were discovered. 5.88% prevalence of haemosporidian infection was found in 102 samples belonging to 6 host species. Haemoproteus prevalence was 4.90% across five host species (Phylloscopus trochiloides, Cyornis poliogenys, C. hainanus dialilaemus, C. rubeculoides, Eumiyas thalassinus) and Plasmodium prevalence was 0.98% in Geokichla citrina. Spatial phylogeny at the global level showed that COLL2 lineage, found in C. poliogenys in India, was genetically identical to H. pallidus lineages (COLL2) in parts of Africa, Europe, North America, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The Plasmodium lineage (GEOCIT01) was related to PADOM16 in Egypt, but the sequences were only 93.89% alike.

CONCLUSIONS: Four new lineages of Haemoproteus and one of Plasmodium were reported. COLL2 similarity with other H. pallidus lineages may suggest their hosts as possible infection sources.

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