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Blood Parasites of Birds in Cameroon
- Source :
- The Journal of Parasitology. 74:1009
- Publication Year :
- 1988
- Publisher :
- JSTOR, 1988.
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Abstract
- Birds from south-central Cameroon, western Africa, were surveyed for blood parasites from August to October 1986. Of 331 birds examined, representing 65 species of 15 families and 6 orders (mostly passerines), 55 (17%) were found to be infected with 1 or more genera of hemotropic parasites. These included: Haemoproteus spp. (11% prevalence), Leucocytozoon spp. (3%), Plasmodium spp. (2%), Trypanosoma spp. (1%), and microfilariae of filariid nematodes (1%). Several new host-parasite associations were identified.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00223395
- Volume :
- 74
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Parasitology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d8c2a8d44fa2a96ae03dfb0ae9d8b235