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Alan Fecchio is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States and is active in research within the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, particularly focusing on parasitology and infectious diseases. Their scholarly contributions predominantly explore the interactions between avian hosts and parasites, especially haemosporidian infections and avian malaria.

Their work covers several interconnected topics, including:

  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Parasite biology and host interactions
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Helminth infection and control

Fecchio's research publications have appeared in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Parasitology Research
  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • Journal of Avian Biology
  • Parasitology
  • Ecography

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Fecchio demonstrate ongoing investigations into the ecology and evolution of avian parasites. Notable examples include:

  • Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions (2021), published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Evolutionary ecology, taxonomy, and systematics of avian malaria and related parasites (2020), published in Acta Tropica

Fecchio frequently collaborates with other researchers in related fields. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Jeffrey A. Bell
  • Jason D. Weckstein
  • Vasyl V. Tkach
  • Érika Martins Braga
  • Karin Kirchgatter

Their scholarly contributions emphasize parasitology with a strong focus on the host-parasite relationship in avian species, highlighting patterns of infection, transmission, and evolutionary dynamics. This body of work supports broader understanding in epidemiology, vector biology, and disease control in wildlife populations.

Best Publications

  • Climate variation influences host specificity in avian malaria parasites

    Alan Fecchio;Konstans Wells;Jeffrey A. Bell;Vasyl V. Tkach

  • Avian migration and the distribution of malaria parasites in New World passerine birds

    Robert E. Ricklefs;Matthew Medeiros;Vincenzo A. Ellis;Maria Svensson‐Coelho

  • Structure and organization of an avian haemosporidian assemblage in a Neotropical savanna in Brazil.

    Alan Fecchio;Marcos Robalinho Lima;Maria Svensson-Coelho;Miguel Ângelo Marini

  • High prevalence of blood parasites in social birds from a neotropical savanna in Brazil

    Alan Fecchio;Marcos Robalinho Lima;Patrícia Silveira;Érika Martins Braga

  • Host community similarity and geography shape the diversity and distribution of haemosporidian parasites in Amazonian birds

    A. Fecchio;R. Pinheiro;G. Felix;I. P. Faria

  • Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions

    Alan Fecchio;Nicholas J. Clark;Jeffrey A Bell;Heather Skeen;Heather Skeen

  • Avian host composition, local speciation and dispersal drive the regional assembly of avian malaria parasites in South American birds

    Alan Fecchio;Jeffrey A Bell;Rafael B P Pinheiro;Victor R Cueto

  • A new real-time PCR protocol for detection of avian haemosporidians

    Jeffrey A. Bell;Jason D. Weckstein;Alan Fecchio;Vasyl V. Tkach

  • An inverse latitudinal gradient in infection probability and phylogenetic diversity for Leucocytozoon blood parasites in New World birds.

    Alan Fecchio;Jeffrey A. Bell;Mariane Bosholn;Jefferson A. Vaughan

  • Evolutionary ecology, taxonomy, and systematics of avian malaria and related parasites

    Alan Fecchio;Carolina R.F. Chagas;Jeffrey A. Bell;Karin Kirchgatter

  • Diversification by host switching and dispersal shaped the diversity and distribution of avian malaria parasites in Amazonia

    Alan Fecchio;Alan Fecchio;Jeffrey Andrew Bell;Michael David Collins;Izeni Pires Farias

  • Molecular phylogeny of Diplostomum, Tylodelphys, Austrodiplostomum and Paralaria (Digenea: Diplostomidae) necessitates systematic changes and reveals a history of evolutionary host switching events

    Tyler J. Achatz;Jakson R. Martens;Aneta Kostadinova;Eric E. Pulis

  • Migratory birds have higher prevalence and richness of avian haemosporidian parasites than residents.

    Daniela de Angeli Dutra;Alan Fecchio;Érika Martins Braga;Robert Poulin

  • Avian malaria, ecological host traits and mosquito abundance in southeastern Amazonia.

    Alan Fecchio;Vincenzo A Ellis;Jeffrey A Bell;Christian B Andretti

  • Migrant birds disperse haemosporidian parasites and affect their transmission in avian communities

    Daniela de Angeli Dutra;Antoine Filion;Alan Fecchio;Érika Martins Braga

  • Effects of avian malaria on male behaviour and female visitation in lekking blue‐crowned manakins

    Mariane Bosholn;Alan Fecchio;Alan Fecchio;Alan Fecchio;Patricia Silveira;Érika M. Braga

  • Blood parasites in passerine birds from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Fabiane Sebaio;Érika Martins Braga;Felipe Branquinho;Alan Fecchio

  • Low prevalence of haemosporidian parasites in the introduced house sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Brazil

    Marcos Robalinho Lima;Marcos Robalinho Lima;Lucy Simpson;Alan Fecchio;Cynthia M. Kyaw

  • Unravelling the diversity of the Crassiphialinae (Digenea: Diplostomidae) with molecular phylogeny and descriptions of five new species

    Tyler J. Achatz;Tyler J. Achatz;Taylor P. Chermak;Jakson R. Martens;Eric E. Pulis

  • Host associations and turnover of haemosporidian parasites in manakins (Aves: Pipridae).

    Alan Fecchio;Maria Svensson-Coelho;Jeffrey Bell;Vincenzo A. Ellis

  • First Record of Leucocytozoon (Haemosporida: Leucocytozoidae) in Amazonia: Evidence for Rarity in Neotropical Lowlands or Lack of Sampling for This Parasite Genus?

    Alan Fecchio;Patrícia Silveira;Jason D. Weckstein;Janice H. Dispoto

  • Ticks of the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) on wild birds in the Brazilian Amazon

    Thiago Fernandes Martins;Alan Fecchio;Marcelo Bahia Labruna

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason D. Weckstein
Jason D. Weckstein Drexel University
Vasyl V. Tkach
Vasyl V. Tkach University of North Dakota
Thiago F. Martins
Thiago F. Martins Universidade de São Paulo
Miguel Ângelo Marini
Miguel Ângelo Marini University of Brasília
Vincenzo A. Ellis
Vincenzo A. Ellis University of Delaware
Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Robert E. Ricklefs
Robert E. Ricklefs University of Missouri–St. Louis
Izeni Pires Farias
Izeni Pires Farias Federal University of Amazonas
Robert Poulin
Robert Poulin University of Otago
Maria Ogrzewalska
Maria Ogrzewalska Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

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