Table 2.
Number of avian haemosporidian infections per sampled species and sites. The composition of occurring mixed infections is shown in the right-most column. We refer ‘infected’ birds to individuals tested positive through nested PCR assay
| Host speciesa | Sampling location | Total | Prevalence [%]b | INF | Hc | P | L | M | Mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | Egypt | 9 | 33.3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| France | 39 | 15.4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Germany | 11 | 45.5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greece | 52 | 75.0 | 39 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10HL, 1PL, 1HHL | |
| Italy | 27 | 55.6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1HL, 1LL | |
| Malta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total TD | 141 | 48.9 | 69 | 36 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 11HL, 1PL, 1HHL, 1LL | |
| WP | Germany | 60 | 61.7 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 5HL, 1LL |
| SD | Germany | 52 | 3.8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| ND | Egypt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LD | Egypt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CD | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overall total | 259 | 42.1 | 109 | 40 | 9 | 40 | 20 | ||
aTD = European turtle dove Streptopelia turtur, LD = laughing dove S. senegalensis, CD = collared dove S. decaocto, ND = Namaqua dove Oena capensis, SD = stock dove Columba oenas, WP = common woodpigeon C. palumbus
bPrevalence is only given if the sample size was ≥ 5
cH = Haemoproteus (subgenera H. (Haemoproteus) and H. (Parahaemoproteus) combined), P = Plasmodium, L = Leucocytozoon, M = mixed infections