Prevalence of avian haematozoa in São Paulo state, Brazil

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

C. B. Woodworth-lynas¹  J. R. Caines¹  G. F. Bennett¹ 

[1] ,Memorial University of Newfoudland Department of Biology International Reference Centre for Avian HaematozoaSt John's,Canada

关键词: avian haematozoa;    Brazil;    prevalence;    seasonal distribution;    hematozoários de aves;    Brasil;    prevalência;    distribuição em relação às estações do ano;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02761989000400009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The blood parasites of 15,574 birds representing 266 species of 43 families from primarily three areas in São Paulo State, Brazil were examined for haematozoa. Only 1240 (8.0% of 121 species fo 32 families were infected with blood parasites. This prevalence was similar to that reported in a previous study. Species of Haemoproteus were the most commonly encountered haematozoans (38.9%), followed by microfilaria (30.7%), Trypanosoma (13.7%), Plasmodium (7.5%) and Leucocytozoon (0.8%). Prevalence of parasitism was significantly different between the three major areas sampled. It was shown that this was due in part to differences in the avifaunas at both the familial and species levels. Prevalence varied markedly in only one of the 10 years of the study. Monthly fluctuations in prevalence were largely due to changes in relative proportions of highlytion of both. Prevalences of both microfilaria and Trypanosoma were higher than reported for any other similar survey in the world.

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