Blood parasites of birds in Cameroon.
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.
D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology; D002163:Cameroon; D005368:Filariasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D008289:Malaria, Avian / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary