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ArticlePloS one2014

Multi-strain infections and 'relapse' of Leucocytozoon sabrazesi gametocytes in domestic chickens in southern China.

Wenting Zhao, Baowei Cai, Yanwei Qi, Shengfa Liu, Lingxian Hong, Mingke Lu, Xin Chen, Chunhui Qiu, Wenfeng Peng, Jian Li and 1 more

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wenting ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, the People's Republic of China.
Baowei CaiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, the People's Republic of China.
Yanwei QiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, the People's Republic of China; Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
Shengfa LiuState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, the People's Republic of China.
Lingxian HongState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, the People's Republic of China.
Mingke LuState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, the People's Republic of China.
Xin ChenState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, the People's Republic of China.
Chunhui QiuCollege of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, the People's Republic of China.
Wenfeng PengState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, the People's Republic of China.
Jian LiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, the People's Republic of China.
Xin-zhuan SuState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, the People's Republic of China; Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
Xiamen University · CNFujian Agriculture and Forestry University · CNNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · US

Funding

Malaria Parasite Sexual Development, Drug Resistance, and EvolutionZIAAI000892 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI SU, XINZHUAN · 2009 to 2025
$23.3M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leucocytozoon parasites infect many species of avian hosts, including domestic chicken, and can inflict heavy economic loss to the poultry industry. Although the prevalence and distribution of two Leucocytozoon species (L. sabrazesi and L. caulleryi) have been reported in China previously, there are many questions related to the parasite infection that remain unanswered, including population diversity and transmission dynamics in domestic chickens. Here we surveyed chicken blood samples from seven sites in four provinces of China to identify Leucocytozoon infection, characterized parasite diversity within individual infected hosts and between sampling sites, and investigated the dynamics of gametocytemia in chickens over time. We found high infection rates in three of the seven sites. Clustering parasite sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase III (coxIII) and cytochrome b (cytb) genes showed lack of grouping according to geographic origins and individual hosts carrying large numbers of L. sabrazesi strains. Monitoring gametocytemia in blood samples from infected chickens over time showed 'relapse' or persistence of low-level gametocytemia for 4-5 months, which could be explored as an in vivo model for testing drugs against liver stages of Apicomplexan parasites. This study provides important information on population diversity and transmission dynamics of L. sabrazesi and for disease control.

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HaemosporidaAnimalsChickensChinaCluster AnalysisGenes, ProtozoanGeographyHemocytesParasitemiaPoultry DiseasesProtozoan Infections, AnimalSeasonsSequence Analysis, DNA

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PMID24728499
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