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Blood films were examined from 1477 birds of Taiwan (193 species, 49 families). Haemoproteus Kruse was by far the commonest parasite, with Leucocytozoon Danilewski a not very close second. it is probable that some of the Haemoproteus infections represented new species, and 1 occurring in the Bamboo Partridge (Bambusicola thoracica sonorivox Gould) seemed characteristic enough to justify recognition as such; the name Haemoproteus bambusicolae sp. n. is proposed for this organism. Malaria was found in 77 birds, the greatest number of infections occurring in the Bamboo Partridge. Most of them were caused by Plasmodium juxtanucleare Versiani & Gomes, a pathogen of chickens, but a number were due to an undetermined species of Plasmodium. The Bamboo Partridge may be a reservoir host of the former. A few other identified species (P. rouxi Sergent & Sergent, P. hexamerium Huff, P. tenue Laveran & Mesnil) were seen, as well as some unidentified ones. Plasmodium tenue was seen in Garrulax canorus taewanus Swinhoe, a babbler: until now it was known only from the Pekin Robin (Leiothrix luteus Scopoli), also a babbler, in which we have found it extremely common. Sixty-four microfilarial infections were identified; they were especially frequent in the Button Quail (Turnix suscitator rostrata Swinhoe).
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PMID:Blood parasites of Taiwan birds. 82 24

Although the possibility of a live attenuated malaria vaccine has been considered, current malaria vaccine development activities are dominated by attempts to develop a subunit vaccine. Hence, it is entirely appropriate that a session of the Molecular Approaches to Malaria conference, Lorne, Australia, 2-5 February 2000, was devoted to vaccine development. The oral presentations in this session and the relevant poster presentations are outlined here by Robin Anders and Allan Saul.
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PMID:Malaria vaccines. 1100 77

The theme for the 9th annual conference of the College of Medicine was "Research addressing poverty-related disease in Malawi". The conference was opened by the Principal of the College of Medicine, Professor Robin Broadhead. He welcomed participants and explained why this annual meeting, fixed each year to coincide with the completion of the academic year, is such an important day in the calendar of the College. He introduced the invited guest speaker, Dr Davison Gwatkin, an international expert on issues of equity in health systems and currently a consultant for DFID in Lilongwe. There were 68 abstracts submitted for presentation and following peer review, 40 accepted for oral presentation and 27 for poster presentation (see abstracts below). Abstracts were peer-reviewed and I thank COM staff for their assistance. Presentations were of a high standard and covered a wide range of topics relevant to the health issues of Malawi. There were presentations covering maternal health, child health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, bacterial disease, cancer and the first session of the day was devoted to "reaching" the poor. This was the first year that parallel sessions were introduced due to the high number of abstracts submitted. One session of the day included five oral presentations from year 4 medical students and many were impressed by the high quality of their work and of their presentation. The quality of the posters was also to a high standard and reflected a similar range of topics and research activity as the oral presentations. There were almost 200 participants who registered for this year's conference. Efforts to raise funds for the event were not particularly successful. The only major external sponsor was the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme and we are very grateful for their support. Particular thanks to Ms Mary Bwanali and Elizabeth Kadangwe of COM postgraduate office for the work they did in preparing for the conference throughout the year. The COM Annual Research Dissemination Meeting is the major health research dissemination meeting in the Malawian calendar. It is encouraging to see that the quality of and interest in this important vehicle of dissemination of health research in Malawi continues to improve and grow. We look forward to next year's event which will be the 10th dissemination meeting.
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PMID:Annual College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference, Blantyre, November 12(th), 2005. 2752 2

Avian malaria parasites can negatively affect many aspects of the life of the passerines. Though these parasites may strongly affect the health and thus migration patterns of the birds also during autumn, previous studies on avian malaria focused mainly on the spring migration and the breeding periods of the birds. We investigated whether the prevalence of blood parasites varies in relation to biometrical traits, body condition and arrival time in the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) during autumn migration. We found no sex or age related differences in avian malaria prevalence and no relationship between infection status and body size or actual condition of the birds was found either. However, the timing of autumn migration differed marginally between infected and non-infected juveniles, so that parasitized individuals arrived later at the Hungarian stopover site. This is either because avian malaria infections adversely affect the migration timing or migration speed of the birds, or because later arriving individuals come from more distant populations with possibly higher blood parasite prevalence. The possible delay that parasites cause in the arrival time of the birds during autumn migration could affect the whole migratory strategy and the breeding success of the birds in the next season.
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PMID:Malaria infection status of European Robins seems to associate with timing of autumn migration but not with actual condition. 3063 74