title: Blood parasites of some birds from Kenya, Tanzania and Zaire.
abstract: A total of 647 birds of 146 species representing 41 families from localities in Kenya, Tanzania and Zaire were examined for blood parasites. A total of 242 (37.2%) birds harbored either single or multiple infections of Haemoproteus (16%), Leucocytozoon (14%), Plasmodium (5.4%), Trypanosoma (1.7%), microfilaria (2.9%) or a variety of babesioids and haemogregarines (4.3%). Occurrence of blood parasites was greatest in Zaire and least in Kenya; the occurrence of the different genera varied markedly between areas and between bird families.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D001769:Blood / Q000469:parasitology*; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D008289:Malaria, Avian / Q000469:parasitology; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D013636:Tanzania; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary