Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Galapagos birds: Inference of risk factors associated with diet

• Juan D. Mosquera ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jdmosquera@usfq.edu.ec

  Affiliations Epidémio-Surveillance et Circulation des Parasites dans les Environnements (ESCAPE), EA 7510, CAP SANTE, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France, Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA), Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador, Galápagos Science Center (GSC), Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA), Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8137-6350

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• Carlos A. Valle,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Galápagos Science Center (GSC), Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA), Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5523-634X

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• Ainoa Nieto-Claudin,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Saint Louis Zoo Institute for Conservation Medicine, Saint Lois Zoo, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Birgit Fessl,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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• Gregory A. Lewbart,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Galápagos Science Center (GSC), Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA), Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Diane Deresienski,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Galápagos Science Center (GSC), Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA), Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Leïla Bouazzi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Comité Universitaire de Ressources pour la Recherche en Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France

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• Sonia Zapata,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA), Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador, Galápagos Science Center (GSC), Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA), Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador

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• Isabelle Villena,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Epidémio-Surveillance et Circulation des Parasites dans les Environnements (ESCAPE), EA 7510, CAP SANTE, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre National de Référence de la Toxoplasmose, Centre de Ressources Biologiques Toxoplasma, CHU Reims, Reims, France

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• Marie-Lazarine Poulle

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Epidémio-Surveillance et Circulation des Parasites dans les Environnements (ESCAPE), EA 7510, CAP SANTE, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France, CERFE, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Boult-aux-Bois, France

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