Mikas Ilgūnas

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 et al. · Parasitology Research · 2014 · 105 citations

Biology, Parasitic Disease, Molecular Characterization +7

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

Dimitar Dimitrov, Vaidas Palinauskas, Tatjana A. Iezhova et al. · Experimental Parasitology · 2014 · 105 citations

Avian Malaria, Medicine, Malaria +7

Description of the first cryptic avian malaria parasite, Plasmodium homocircumflexum n. sp., with experimental data on its virulence and development in avian hosts and mosquitoes

Vaidas Palinauskas, Rita Žiegytė, Mikas Ilgūnas et al. · International Journal for Parasitology · 2014 · 84 citations

Biology, Parasitic Disease, Experimental Data +12

Mortality and pathology in birds due to Plasmodium (Giovannolaia) homocircumflexum infection, with emphasis on the exoerythrocytic development of avian malaria parasites

Mikas Ilgūnas, Dovilė Bukauskaitė, Vaidas Palinauskas et al. · Malaria Journal · 2016 · 82 citations · Full text

Description, molecular characterisation, diagnostics and life cycle of Plasmodium elongatum (lineage pERIRUB01), the virulent avian malaria parasite

Vaidas Palinauskas, Rita Žiegytė, Tatjana A. Iezhova et al. · International Journal for Parasitology · 2016 · 75 citations

Biology, Molecular Characterisation, Phylogenetics +9