RNAscope in situ hybridization reveals microvascular sequestration of Plasmodium relictum pSGS1 blood stages but absence of exo-erythrocytic dormant stages during latent infection of Serinus canaria.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateBirds were kept at the Nature Research Centre vivarium (License No. LT-61-13-003) under standard living conditions for birds. Infection experiments and other procedures were reviewed and approved by the Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service, Ref. No. 2020/07/24-G2-84. The assessment of the animal health and all described procedures were implemented by licensed researchers according to Lithuanian and International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals (2012). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This research was funded in whole or in part by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P 33480; Grant 10.55776/P33480]. For open access purposes, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright license to any author accepted manuscript version arising from this submission."