Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar

Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar

Abstract Background Relatively little is known about the prevalence of blood parasites in shorebirds, especially those breeding in the tropics. The prevalence of blood parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon was assessed in blood samples from Kentish plovers and cream-colo...

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Main Authors: Josué Martínez-de la Puente, Luke J. Eberhart-Phillips, M. Cristina Carmona-Isunza, Sama Zefania, María José Navarro, Oliver Kruger, Joseph Ivan Hoffman, Tamás Székely, Jordi Figuerola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Avian malaria
Plasmodium
Haemoproteus
Leucocytozoon
Wild birds
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1892-y

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