1997/07/01 by Santiago Merino, Jaime Potti, Juan A. Fargallo · 1 citation
Immunology and Microbiology · Environmental Science · Medicine · #Bird parasitology and diseases #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions #Malaria Research and Control #Passerine #Leucocytozoon #Haemoproteus #Biology #Zoology #Genus #Plasmodium (life cycle) #Parasite hosting #Blood smear #Host (biology) #Ecology #Immunology #Gametocyte #Plasmodium falciparum #Malaria
paper · pdf · doi:10.7589/0090-3558-33.3.638
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Sixteen species of passerine birds captured during a 2.5 yr period in Central Spain were examined for hematozoa. Haemoproteus spp., Leucocytozoon spp., Trypanosoma spp., Plasmodium spp., and microfilariae were observed. The most prevalent species were in the genus Leucocytozoon. The majority of the records are new for Spain and some represent new host records. More than one-half of the birds examined were infected with at least one parasite species. These records are similar to those reported from other areas in northern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula.