Table 2.
Prevalence of haemosporidians in three waterbirds from wetlands in Brazil. Birds were infected by Plasmodium spp. and Haemoproteus spp.
| Region | Colony | Wood storka | Roseate spoonbill | Great egret | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Infected by Plas | Infected by Haem | n | Infected by Plas | Infected by Haem | n | Infected by Plas | Infected by Haem | ||
| North (Amapa) | MC | 29 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| FA | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| FZ | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |
| SC | 20 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 74 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Mean | – | 0.08 | 0.01 | – | 0.07 | 0.04 | ||||
| Central-west (Pantanal) | BB | 16 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| TC | 16 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| RV | 15 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| PF | 25 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| FR | 16 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | |
| BG | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |
| FI | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | |
| MI | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |
| RP | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | |
| PR | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | |
| TC | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| PF | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| PR | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 5 | 0 | |
| CM | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 125 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 42 | 9 | ||||
| Mean | - | 0.11 | – | 0.74 | – | 0.21 | ||||
| South (Rio Grande do Sul) | SM | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | 5 | 0 |
| SE | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| MA | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 4 | 0 | |
| PG | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 87 | 12 | ||||||||
| Mean | – | 0.14 | ||||||||
aData reported in Villar et al. [10]
Abbreviations: Plas Plasmodium spp, Haem Haemoproteus spp., BB Baía Bonita, BG Baía de Gaíva, CM Campo do Meio, FA Fazenda Alegria, FI Fazenda Ipiranga, FR Fazenda Retirinho, FZ Fazenda Zelândia, MA Mariante, MC Macacoari, MI Mimoso, PF Porto da Fazenda, PG, Pântano Grande, PR Praialzinho, RP Rio Piquiri, RV Rio Vermelho, SC Se Cria, SE Serrinha, SM Santa Maria, TC Tucum