Prevalence and lineage diversity of avian haemosporidians from three distinct cerrado habitats in Brazil.
Habitat alteration can disrupt host-parasite interactions and lead to the emergence of new diseases in wild populations.The cerrado habitat of Brazil is being fragmented and degraded rapidly by agriculture and urbanization.We screened 676 wild birds from three habitats (intact cerrado, disturbed cerrado and transition area Amazonian rainforest-cerr