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Tatjana A. Iezhova

Tatjana A. Iezhova

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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46
Citations
6240
World Ranking
799
National Ranking
2

Overview

Tatjana A. Iezhova is affiliated with the Nature Research Centre in Lithuania and specializes in the field of Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on parasitology. Their research includes studies on host-parasite interactions, vector-borne infectious diseases, and avian ecology.

The scientist's main field of study is Immunology and Microbiology, with a notable concentration in Parasitology, covering 47 publications. Subfields also include Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research themes encompass:

  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Study of mite species
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Malaria research and control
  • Insect-plant interactions and control

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Gediminas Valkiūnas
  • Mikas Ilgūnas
  • Mélanie Duc
  • Josef Harl
  • Herbert Weißenböck

The scientist has published multiple papers in important journals such as Acta Tropica, Malaria Journal, International Journal for Parasitology, Microorganisms, and Parasites & Vectors. Acta Tropica is the most frequent venue with five publications.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Keys to the avian Haemoproteus parasites (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), 2022, Malaria Journal
  • The buffy coat method: a tool for detection of blood parasites without staining procedures, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Insights into the Biology of Leucocytozoon Species (Haemosporida, Leucocytozoidae): Why Is There Slow Research Progress on Agents of Leucocytozoonosis?, 2023, Microorganisms
  • Development of Trypanosoma everetti in Culicoides biting midges, 2020, Acta Tropica
  • Description of Haemoproteus asymmetricus n. sp. (Haemoproteidae), with remarks on predictability of the DNA haplotype networks in haemosporidian parasite taxonomy research, 2021, Acta Tropica

Best Publications

  • A comparative analysis of microscopy and PCR-based detection methods for blood parasites.

    Gediminas Valkiūnas;Tatjana A. Iezhova;Asta Križanauskienė;Vaidas Palinauskas

  • Diversity, loss, and gain of malaria parasites in a globally invasive bird

    Alfonso Marzal;Alfonso Marzal;Robert E Ricklefs;Gediminas Valkiūnas;Tamer Albayrak

  • Nested cytochrome B polymerase chain reaction diagnostics underestimate mixed infections of avian blood haemosporidian parasites: Microscopy is still essential

    Gediminas Valkiūnas;Staffan Bensch;Tatjana A. Iezhova;Asta Križanauskienė

  • Exo-erythrocytic development of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites.

    Gediminas Valkiūnas;Tatjana A. Iezhova

  • Keys to the avian malaria parasites.

    Gediminas Valkiūnas;Tatjana A. Iezhova

  • Prevalence and diversity patterns of avian blood parasites in degraded African rainforest habitats.

    Anthony Chasar;Anthony Chasar;Claire Loiseau;Claire Loiseau;Gediminas Valkiūnas;Tatjana Iezhova

  • Spatially explicit predictions of blood parasites in a widely distributed African rainforest bird

    R. N. M. Sehgal;W. Buermann;R. J. Harrigan;C. Bonneaud

  • Multiple Lineages of Avian Malaria Parasites (Plasmodium) in the Galapagos Islands and Evidence for Arrival via Migratory Birds

    I. I. Levin;P. Zwiers;S. L. Deem;E. A. Geest

  • Nested Cytochrome B Polymerase Chain Reaction Diagnostics Detect Sporozoites of Hemosporidian Parasites in Peripheral Blood of Naturally Infected Birds

    Gediminas Valkiūnas;Tatjana A. Iezhova;Claire Loiseau;Ravinder N. M. Sehgal

  • HAEMOSPORIDIAN BLOOD PARASITES IN EUROPEAN BIRDS OF PREY AND OWLS

    O. Krone;J. Waldenström;G. Valkiūnas;O. Lessow

  • Molecular characterization of five widespread avian haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida), with perspectives on the PCR-based detection of haemosporidians in wildlife

    Gediminas Valkiūnas;Vaidas Palinauskas;Mikas Ilgūnas;Dovilė Bukauskaitė

  • Avian haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida): A comparative analysis of different polymerase chain reaction assays in detection of mixed infections.

    Rasa Bernotienė;Vaidas Palinauskas;Tatjana Iezhova;Dovilė Murauskaitė

  • Spatial Variation of Haemosporidian Parasite Infection in African Rainforest Bird Species

    Claire Loiseau;Tatjana Iezhova;Gediminas Valkiūnas;Anthony Chasar

  • Abortive long-lasting sporogony of two Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) in the mosquito Ochlerotatus cantans , with perspectives on haemosporidian vector research

    Gediminas Valkiūnas;Rita Kazlauskienė;Rasa Bernotienė;Vaidas Palinauskas

  • Hippoboscid-transmitted Haemoproteus parasites (Haemosporida) infect Galapagos Pelecaniform birds: evidence from molecular and morphological studies, with a description of Haemoproteus iwa.

    Iris I. Levin;Gediminas Valkiūnas;Diego Santiago-Alarcon;Larisa Lee Cruz

  • Plasmodium spp.: An experimental study on vertebrate host susceptibility to avian malaria

    Dimitar Dimitrov;Vaidas Palinauskas;Tatjana A Iezhova;Rasa Bernotienė

  • A New Haemoproteus Species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from the Endemic Galapagos Dove Zenaida galapagoensis, with Remarks on the Parasite Distribution, Vectors, and Molecular Diagnostics

    Gediminas Valkiūnas;Diego Santiago-Alarcon;Iris I. Levin;Tatjana A. Iezhova

  • Effect of Haemoproteus belopolskyi (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) on Body Mass of the Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

    Gediminas Valkiūnas;Tadas Z̆ic̆kus;Anatoly P. Shapoval;Tatjana A. Iezhova

  • Novel Haemoproteus Species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from the Swallow-Tailed Gull (Lariidae), with Remarks On the Host Range of Hippoboscid-Transmitted Avian Hemoproteids

    Iris I. Levin;Gediminas Valkiūnas;Tatjana A. Iezhova;Sarah L. O'Brien

  • Polymerase chain reaction-based identification of Plasmodium (Huffia) elongatum, with remarks on species identity of haemosporidian lineages deposited in GenBank

    Gediminas Valkiunas;Pavel Zehtindjiev;Dimitar Dimitrov;Asta Krizanauskiene

  • The prevalence of avian Plasmodium is higher in undisturbed tropical forests of Cameroon

    Camille Bonneaud;Irem Sepil;Borja Milá;Wolfgang Buermann

  • High prevalence of blood parasites in hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes

    G. Valkiūnas;T. A. Iezhova;A. P. Shapoval

Frequent Co-Authors

Gediminas Valkiūnas
Gediminas Valkiūnas Nature Research Centre
Vaidas Palinauskas
Vaidas Palinauskas Nature Research Centre
Ravinder N. M. Sehgal
Ravinder N. M. Sehgal San Francisco State University
Staffan Bensch
Staffan Bensch Lund University
Herbert Weissenböck
Herbert Weissenböck University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Wolfgang Buermann
Wolfgang Buermann University of Augsburg
Robert E. Ricklefs
Robert E. Ricklefs University of Missouri–St. Louis
Patricia G. Parker
Patricia G. Parker University of Missouri–St. Louis
Alfonso Marzal
Alfonso Marzal University of Extremadura
Manuel Soler
Manuel Soler University of Granada

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