Merit Gonzalez-Olvera
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Seechurn N, Herdman M, Hernandez-Colina A, Vaux A, Johnston C, Berrell M, et al.
Parasit Vectors
. 2024 Feb;
17(1):61.
PMID: 38342888
Background: Usutu virus (USUV), which is closely related to West Nile virus (WNV), sharing a similar ecology and transmission cycle, was first reported in the UK in the southeast of...
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Gonzalez-Olvera M, Hernandez-Colina A, Chantrey J, Allen S, Lopez J, Baylis M
Sci Rep
. 2023 Oct;
13(1):16712.
PMID: 37794079
Blood parasite (haemosporidian) infections are conventionally detected using blood samples; this implies capturing and handling birds to obtain them, which induces stress and causes pain. Feathers have blood vessels, and...
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Gonzalez-Olvera M, Hernandez-Colina A, Himmel T, Eckley L, Lopez J, Chantrey J, et al.
Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl
. 2022 Aug;
19:26-37.
PMID: 36035627
In 2017, a mortality event affected Humboldt penguins at Chester Zoo (UK), which coincided with the diagnosis of avian malaria (AM) in some birds. AM is found worldwide wherever a...
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Gonzalez-Olvera M, Hernandez-Colina A, Perez J, Ulloa G, Montero S, Maguina J, et al.
Ecohealth
. 2022 Aug;
19(3):402-416.
PMID: 36030330
Haemosporidians are a widespread group of blood parasites transmitted by vectors. Despite their relevance for bird conservation, few studies have been conducted in the Amazonia and even less in terrestrial...
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Hernandez-Colina A, Gonzalez-Olvera M, Eckley L, Lopez J, Baylis M
Vet Rec
. 2021 May;
189(9):e511.
PMID: 34019706
Background: Avian malaria has caused mortalities in captive penguins worldwide and it is a conservation threat for some wild penguins. The experience of staff working on penguins is highly valuable...
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Hernandez-Colina A, Gonzalez-Olvera M, Lomax E, Townsend F, Maddox A, Hesson J, et al.
Parasit Vectors
. 2021 May;
14(1):249.
PMID: 34016159
Background: Zoological gardens contain unique configurations of exotic and endemic animals and plants that create a diverse range of developing sites and potential sources of blood meals for local mosquitoes....