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<br>The native population of Hawaiian birds has recently been devastated by avian malaria.  Avian malaria is caused by Plasmodium relictum, a protozoan that is in the same genus as those that infect humans.  P. relictum reproduces in the red blood cells of birds, leading to anemia and death.  Like the human form of malaria, avian malaria is spread through mosquitos. Unlike other ecosystems, mosquitos were not introduced to Hawaii until 1826, putting the birds at a high risk for mosquito borne diseases such as malaria.  Research is currently being done to understand this form of malaria and how native bird populations can be saved from extinction.
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Sample citations: <ref>[http://www.plosbiology.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000005&representation=PDF Hodgkin, J. and Partridge, F.A. "<i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> meets microsporidia: the nematode killers from Paris." 2008. PLoS Biology 6:2634-2637.]</ref>
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<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3847443/ Bartlett et al.: Oncolytic viruses as therapeutic cancer vaccines. Molecular Cancer 2013 12:103.]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3847443/ Bartlett et al.: Oncolytic viruses as therapeutic cancer vaccines. Molecular Cancer 2013 12:103.]</ref>

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The native population of Hawaiian birds has recently been devastated by avian malaria. Avian malaria is caused by Plasmodium relictum, a protozoan that is in the same genus as those that infect humans. P. relictum reproduces in the red blood cells of birds, leading to anemia and death. Like the human form of malaria, avian malaria is spread through mosquitos. Unlike other ecosystems, mosquitos were not introduced to Hawaii until 1826, putting the birds at a high risk for mosquito borne diseases such as malaria. Research is currently being done to understand this form of malaria and how native bird populations can be saved from extinction.
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  1. ↑ Hodgkin, J. and Partridge, F.A. "Caenorhabditis elegans meets microsporidia: the nematode killers from Paris." 2008. PLoS Biology 6:2634-2637.
  2. ↑ Bartlett et al.: Oncolytic viruses as therapeutic cancer vaccines. Molecular Cancer 2013 12:103.



Authored for BIOL 238 Microbiology, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2018, Kenyon College.

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