Plasmodium spp. in raptors on the Eurasian-African migration route

Parasite

and I. Landau²  R. Yosef³  I. Paperna¹ 

[1] Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,Rehovot76100,Israel;Parasitologie Comparée et Modèles Expérimentaux (USM 307), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 61, rue Buffon,75231 Paris Cedex 05,France;International Birding & Research Center, P.O.B. 774,Eilat,Israel

关键词: migration;    Israel;    Buteo buteo;    Accipiter brevipes;    Plasmodium spp.;   

Others  :  808592
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2007144313

 received in 2007-02-21, accepted in 2007-10-15,  发布年份 2007

【 摘 要 】

Examination of blood smears obtained from raptors trapped while on migration at Eilat, Israel, demonstrated Plasmodium infection in Accipiter brevipes and Buteo buteo. The following species are described, from A. brevipes: Plasmodium alloelongatum n. sp., P. accipiteris n. sp. and from B. buteo: P. buteonis n. sp. and Plasmodium sp. for which we lack sufficient data for adequate species description. Overall prevalence of infection with Plasmodium spp. was very low: among 38 examined A. brevipes 5 % and among 56 B. buteo 3.6 %.

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