"Avian malaria" refers to a disease caused by a parasite that infects birds, similar to how malaria infects humans.
Sentences with «avian malaria»
This trend among Hawaiian forest birds shows concordance with the spread of avian malaria, which has doubled over a decade at upper elevations and is associated with breeding of mosquitoes and warmer summertime air temperatures (Freed et al., 2005). (ipcc.ch)
A different approach could work for avian malaria in Hawaii. (reviverestore.org)
Hawaii's native birds could be protected from avian malaria by adjusting the disease vector (non-native, invasive mosquitoes) to no longer carry the disease or to be eliminated entirely. (reviverestore.org)