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Distribution and host-parasite check-list of the haematozoa of birds in Western Europe

Pages 419-458 | Published online: 15 Dec 2010

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M. Ángeles Rojo, Francisco Campos, M. Ángeles Hernández, Susana Dias, Elsa Santos, Tomás Santamaría & Luis Corrales. (2013) Prevalence of haematozoan parasites in the White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus in southern Europe. Bird Study 60:2, pages 247-256.
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Albert Schultz, LesG Underhill, Roy Earlé & George Underhill. (2011) Seasonality, distribution and taxonomic status of avian haemosporidian parasites within the Greater Cape Town area, South Africa. Ostrich 82:2, pages 141-153.
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Alan Fecchio, Marcos Robalinho Lima, Patrícia Silveira, Érika Martins Braga & Miguel Ângelo Marini. (2011) High prevalence of blood parasites in social birds from a neotropical savanna in Brazil. Emu - Austral Ornithology 111:2, pages 132-138.
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G. Valkiūnas, T. A. Iezhova, C. V. Bolshakov & V. Kosarev. (2006) Blood parasites of the house sparrow Passer domesticus from northwestern Russia, with remarks on trends of global geographical distribution in this bird. Journal of Natural History 40:29-31, pages 1709-1718.
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Claudio Prigioni & Luciano Sacchi. (1993) Factors affecting the prevalence of Leucocytozoon in Italian Ardeidae. Bollettino di zoologia 60:1, pages 81-85.
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M.A. Peirce. (1984) Haematozoa of Zambian birds. Journal of Natural History 18:1, pages 105-122.
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Anna Dubiec, Arnaud Da Silva & Marta Celej. (2022) Low prevalence of haemosporidian and trypanosome infections in the Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). Journal of Ornithology 164:2, pages 445-453.
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