Rita Žiegytė

Nature Research Centre — LT

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Bird parasitology and diseases(28), Viral Infections and Vectors(18), Vector-borne infectious diseases(15), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases(15), Avian ecology and behavior(3)

Publications32 total

A literature review on the role of Culicoides in the transmission of avian blood parasites in Europe
Parasites & Vectors·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
The diversity of trypanosomatids in <i>Culicoides</i> biting midges in the Eastern Baltic region
Medical and Veterinary Entomology·2025· 1 cited
Nested patterns of commensals and endosymbionts in microbial communities of mosquito vectors
BMC Microbiology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Impact of Plasmodium relictum Infection on the Colonization Resistance of Bird Gut Microbiota: A Preliminary Study
Pathogens·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Natural Vector of Avian Haemoproteus asymmetricus Parasite and Factors Altering the Spread of Infection
Insects·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Avian Malaria Parasites Modulate Gut Microbiome Assembly in Canaries
Microorganisms·2023· 29 citedOpen Access
Experimental Study on Primary Bird Co-Infection with Two Plasmodium relictum Lineages—pSGS1 and pGRW11
Animals·2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Culicoides segnis and Culicoides pictipennis Biting Midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae), New Reported Vectors of Haemoproteus Parasites
Microorganisms·2022· 21 citedOpen Access
Anti-Microbiota Vaccine Reduces Avian Malaria Infection Within Mosquito Vectors
Frontiers in Immunology·2022· 52 citedOpen Access
Contribution to the knowledge on black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) as vectors of Leucocytozoon (Haemosporida) parasites in Lithuania
Parasitology International·2021· 14 cited
Culicoides biting midges involved in transmission of haemoproteids
Parasites & Vectors·2021· 45 citedOpen Access
Dynamics of blood stage and sporozoite-induced malarial infections in experimentally infected passerines
International Journal for Parasitology·2020· 10 cited
PAR volume 147 issue 5 Cover and Back matter
Parasitology·2020Open Access
Complete sporogony of the blood parasite <i>Haemoproteus nucleocondensus</i> in common biting midges: why is its transmission interrupted in Europe?
Parasitology·2020· 5 citedOpen Access
The use of nest boxes in determination of biting midges involved in transmission of Haemoproteus parasites
2020Open Access
Complete sporogony of the blood parasite Haemoproteus nucleocondensus in common biting midges: Why is its transmission interrupted in Europe? /
Institutional Repository of Nature Research Centre·2020Open Access
A new methodology for sporogony research of avian haemoproteids in laboratory-reared Culicoides spp., with a description of the complete sporogonic development of Haemoproteus pastoris
Parasites & Vectors·2019· 15 citedOpen Access
Identification of a new vector species of avian haemoproteids, with a description of methodology for the determination of natural vectors of haemosporidian parasites
Parasites & Vectors·2019· 47 citedOpen Access
MOESM2 of Identification of a new vector species of avian haemoproteids, with a description of methodology for the determination of natural vectors of haemosporidian parasites
Figshare·2019Open Access
Different paths – the same virulence: experimental study on avian single and co-infections with Plasmodium relictum and Plasmodium elongatum
International Journal for Parasitology·2018· 43 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Vaidas Palinauskas(25), Rasa Bernotienė(25), Gediminas Valkiūnas(17), Tatjana A. Iezhova(10), Elena Platonova(7), Mikas Ilgūnas(6), Dovilė Bukauskaitė(6), Andrey Mukhin(5), Justé Aželytė(4), Alejandra Wu‐Chuang(4), Lourdes Mateos‐Hernández(4), Dasiel Obregón(4), Alejandro Cabezas‐Cruz(4), Mikhail Markovets(3), Apolline Maître(3), Dimitar Dimitrov(2), Gabrielė Vaitkutė(2), Egidijus Kinderis(2), Jakov Šengaut(2), Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas(2)