Ravinder Sehgal
Associate Professor
San Francisco State University Department of Biology
(415) 405-0329
sehgal@sfsu.edu
Recent Publications
Coevolutionary patterns and diversification of avian malaria parasites in African Sunbirds (Family Nectariniidae)
Lauron, E. J.; Loiseau, C.; Bowie, R. C.; Spicer, G. S.; Smith, T. B.; Melo, M.; Sehgal, R. N.
Published Work | 2014 | Parasitology 142(5), 635-647
permalinkNew avian Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from African birds, with a critique of the use of host taxonomic information in hemoproteid classification
Iezhova, T. A.; Dodge, M.; Sehgal, R. N.; Smith, T. B.; Valkiūnas, G.
Published Work | 2011 | Journal of Parasitology 97(4), 682–694
permalinkPatterns of divergence in the olive sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea (Aves: Nectariniidae) across the African rainforest–savanna ecotone
Smith, T. B.; Thomassen, H. A.; Freedman, A. H.; Sehgal, R. N.; Buermann, W.; Saatchi, S.; Pollinger, J.; Milá, B.; Pires, D.; Valkiūnas, G.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2011 | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103(4), 821–835
permalinkNonspecific patterns of vector, host and avian malaria parasite associations in a Central African rainforest
Njabo, K. Y.; Cornel, A. J.; Bonneaud, C.; Toffelmier, E.; Sehgal, R. N.; Valkiunas, G.; Russell, A. F.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2010 | Molecular Ecology 20(5), 1049–1061
permalinkSpatially explicit predictions of blood parasites in a widely distributed African rainforest bird
Sehgal, R. N.; Buermann, W.; Harrigan, R. J.; Bonneaud, C.; Loiseau, C.; Chasar, A.; Sepil, I.; Valkiunas, G.; Iezhova, T.; Saatchi, S.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2010 | Procedings of the Royal Society B 278, 1025–1033
permalinkSpatial variation of haemosporidian parasite infection in African rainforest bird species
Loiseau, C.; Iezhova, T. A.; Balkiunas, G.; Chasar, A.; Hutchinson, A.; Buermann, W.; Smith, T. B.; Sehgal, R. N.
Published Work | 2010 | Journal of Parasitology 96, 21–29
permalinkHaemoproteus cyanomitrae sp. nov. (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from a Widespread African Songbird, the Olive Sunbird, Cyanomitra olivacea
Iezhova, T. A.; Valkiūnas, G.; Loiseau, C.; Smith, T. B.; Sehgal, R. N.
Published Work | 2010 | Journal of Parasitology 96(1), 136–143
permalinkPrevalence and diversity patterns of avian blood parasites in degraded African rainforest habitats
Chasar, A.; Loiseau, C.; Valkiūnas, G.; Iezhova, T.; Smith, T. B.; Sehgal, R. N.
Published Work | 2009 | Molecular Ecology 18(19), 4121–4133
permalinkCoquillettidia (Culicidae, Diptera) mosquitoes as new natural vectors of avian malaria in Africa
Njabo, K. Y.; Cornel, A. J.; Sehgal, R. N.; Loiseau, C.; Buermann, W.; Harrigan, R. J.; Pollinger, J.; Valkiūnas, G.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2009 | Malaria Journal 8
permalinkThe prevalence of avian Plasmodium is higher in undisturbed tropical forests of Cameroon
Bonneaud, C.; Sepil, I.; Milá, B.; Buermann, W.; Pollinger, J.; Sehgal, R. N.; Valkiūnas, G.; Iezhova, T. A.; Saatchi, S.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2009 | Journal of Tropical Ecology 25, 439–447
permalinkNew malaria parasites of the subgenus Novyella in African rainforest birds, with remarks on their high prevalence, classification and diagnostics
Valkiūnas, G.; Iezhova, T. A.; Loiseau, C.; Chasar, A.; Smith, T. B.; Sehgal, R. N.
Published Work | 2008 | Parasitology Research 104, 1061–1077
permalinkNew species of haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporidia) from African rainforest birds, with remarks on their classification
Valkiūnas, G.; Iezhova, T. A.; Loiseau, C.; Chasar, A.; Smith, T. B.; Sehgal, R. N.
Published Work | 2008 | Parasitology Research 103, 1213–1228
permalinkMolecular evidence for host specificity of parasitic nematode microfilariae in some African rainforest birds
Sehgal, R. N.; Jones, H. I.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2005 | Molecular Ecology 14(13), 3977–3988
permalinkFurther observations on the blood parasites of birds in Uganda
Valkiunas, G.; Sehgal, R. N.; Iezhova, T. A.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2005 | Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41(3), 580–587
permalinkBlood parasites of some West African rainforest birds
Sehgal, R. N.; Jones, H. I.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2005 | Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 67(3), 295–301
permalinkLeucocytozoon (Apicomplexa: Leucocytozoide) from West African birds, with descriptions of two species
Jones, H. I.; Sehgal, R. N.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2005 | Journal of Parasitology 91(2), 397–401
permalinkA comparative analysis of PCR-based detection methods for avian malaria
Richard, F. A.; Sehgal, R. N.; Jones, H. I.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2002 | Journal of Parasitology 88(4), 819–822
permalinkHost specificity and prevalence of Trypanosoma in the African avifauna: a molecular approach
Sehgal, R. N.; Jones, H. I.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2001 | Molecular Ecology 10(9), 2319–2327
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