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SUBMITTER: Huang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4602065 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Xi X Dong Lu L Zhang Chenglin C Zhang Yanyun Y
Parasitology research 20150918 12
Avian blood parasites have been preliminarily studied in East Asia, but no data are available from long-term monitoring. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, genetic diversity, and temporal dynamics of Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon in two passerine communities (one forest and one urban) in north China from 2008 to 2013, as well as the association between infected lineages and host specificities. Out of 633 birds from 40 species, 157 individuals (24.8 %) were infect ...[more]