Prevalence and Lineage Diversity of Avian Haemosporidians from Three Distinct Cerrado Habitats in Brazil

摘要: Habitat alteration can disrupt host–parasite interactions and lead to the emergence of new diseases in wild populations. The cerrado habitat Brazil is being fragmented degraded rapidly by agriculture urbanization. We screened 676 birds from three habitats (intact cerrado, disturbed transition area Amazonian rainforest-cerrado) for presence haemosporidian parasites (Plasmodium Haemoproteus) determine whether different were associated with differences prevalence diversity infectious natural Twenty one mitochondrial lineages, including 11 Plasmodium 10 Haemoproteus identified. Neither nor infections spp. or differed significantly among habitats. However, 15 parasite lineages had not been previously described might be restricted these region. Six known other regions, particularly Caribbean Basin, comprised 50–80% each samples, indicating a regional relationship between distribution abundance.