Sehgal Ravinder N M
Dept. of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA, 94132, USA.
Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2018 Dec 12;8:33-35. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.12.003. eCollection 2019 Apr.
Over the past 10 years, much research has been done and remarkable discoveries have been made in various fields of research regarding wildlife malaria parasites (Plasmodium, Plasmodiidae) and related haemosporidians, the agents of infections, which affect all major groups of terrestrial vertebrates. Recent molecular studies show that these blood parasites cause more harm to wildlife than formerly believed, calling for new fundamental and applied research on this subject. The 4th International Conference on Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife highlighted the recent accomplishments of many research groups throughout the world at the Beijing Normal University, with additional hosts being the Beijing Zoo and the China Ornithological Society. Please see: http://malariaconference2018.com/. We are grateful to the organizers of the meeting and Drs. Gediminas Valkiūnas, Staffan Bensch, and Lu Dong for their contributions to this review.
在过去十年中，针对野生动物疟原虫（疟原虫属，疟科）及相关血孢子虫（感染病原体）开展了大量研究，并在各个研究领域取得了显著发现，这些病原体影响着所有主要陆地脊椎动物群体。近期的分子研究表明，这些血液寄生虫对野生动物造成的危害比之前认为的更大，这就需要针对该主题开展新的基础研究和应用研究。第四届野生动物疟疾及相关血孢子虫寄生虫国际会议在北京师范大学举行，重点介绍了世界各地许多研究团队的最新成果，其他主办方包括北京动物园和中国鸟类学会。详情请见：http://malariaconference2018.com/。我们感谢会议组织者以及格迪米纳斯·瓦尔基纳斯博士、斯塔凡·本施博士和董路博士对本综述的贡献。
