Rita Žiegytė

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

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

Biting midges (Culicoides, Diptera) transmit Haemoproteus parasites of owls: evidence from sporogony and molecular phylogeny

Dovilė Bukauskaitė, Rita Žiegytė, Vaidas Palinauskas et al. · Parasites & Vectors · 2015 · 65 citations · Full text

Complete sporogony of Plasmodium relictum (lineage pGRW4) in mosquitoes Culex pipiens pipiens, with implications on avian malaria epidemiology

Gediminas Valkiūnas, Rita Žiegytė, Vaidas Palinauskas et al. · Parasitology Research · 2015 · 59 citations

Biology, Complete Sporogony, Medicine +6

Anti-Microbiota Vaccine Reduces Avian Malaria Infection Within Mosquito Vectors

Justé Aželytė, Alejandra Wu‐Chuang, Rita Žiegytė et al. · Frontiers in Immunology · 2022 · 52 citations · Full text