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. 2013 Mar 5;2:102–109. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.02.001

Table 1.

Proportion of tissue samples from northern pintails wintering in the Central Valley of California detected as positive for haemosporidian infection using molecular techniques.

2006–2007 muscle 2011–2012 muscle 2011–2012 blood
Proportion hematozoa + (%) 72/146 (49.3%) 37/157 (23.6%) 38/157 (24.2%)
Proportion Leucocytozoon + (%) 71/146 (48.6%) 35/157 (22.3%) 33/157 (21.0%)
Proportion Haemoproteus + (%) 3/146 (2.1%) 2/157 (1.3%) 3/157 (1.9%)
Proportion Plasmodium + (%) 6/146 (4.1%) 2/157 (1.3%) 5/157 (3.2%)
Proportion co-infected by > one parasite lineage 25/146 (17.1%) 8/157 (5.1%) 10/157 (6.4%)
Proportion co-infected by > one Leucocytozoon lineage 20/146 (13.7%) 8/157 (5.1%) 9/157 (5.7%)
Proportion co-infected by > one Haemoproteus/Plasmodium lineage 1/146 (0.7%) 0/157 (0%) 0/157 (0%)
Proportion co-infected by ⩾ one Leucocytozoon and ⩾ one Haemoproteus/Plasmodiumlineage 8/146 (5.5%) 2/157 (1.3%) 4/157 (2.5%)