Glutathione data of Eurasian siskins either infected with avian malaria or not

Avian haemosporidian parasites are globally widespread with a broad repertoire of hosts. When infected, the host can either reduce the parasite burden (resistance) and/or limit the severity of parasitaemia (tolerance). Oxidative stress is known to play a pivotal role in the host’s resistance and tolerance as well as its detrimental endpoints. The rationale behind this paradox lies in the dual role of reactive oxygen species (ROS): they can have both beneficial and detrimental effects for the host, while being largely harmful to the parasite. Thus, it is in the parasite’s interest to maintain a reduced environment within the host’s cell, whereas the host needs a fine-tuned balance between generating ROS to eliminate the parasites and maintaining sufficient antioxidant levels to protect its own tissues. This dynamic is what we refer to as the host-parasite oxidative arms-race. In this study, Eurasian siskins (Spinus spinus) were experimentally infected with Plasmodium ashfordi to investig..., , # Glutathione data of Eurasian siskins either infected with avian malaria or not

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.n2z34tn8c](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n2z34tn8c)

## Description of the data and file structure

Total glutathione and oxidized glutathione was measured in blood from Eurasian siskins at day 0,11,21 and 31 after infected with avian malaria. Same assays and days were done on control birds i.e., not infected.

### Files and variables

#### File: Isaksson_et_al._Dryad.csv

**Description:** 

##### Variables

* LABEL: Blood sample ID
* Ring No: Bird ID
* Sex: Female or male
* treatment: C = controls and E= experimental birds (infected with malaria)
* day: Number of days since start of experiment, day of blood sampling either day 0, 11, 21 or 31.
* GSHt (M): Concentration of total glutathione in micromolar
* GSSG(M): Concentration of oxidized glutathione in micromolar
* ratio: the ratio between GSHt/GSSG
* Parasitemia(%): parasite load in percentage

## Code/software

It is in csv...,