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Titre :	Prevalence patterns of avian haemosporida on Hispaniola
Auteurs :	Steven C. Latta, Auteur ; Robert E. Ricklefs, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Journal of Avian Biology (41(1) JAN 2010)
Article en page(s) :	25-33
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	We used PCR to screen for the presence of haemosporidian parasites (Phylum: Apicomplexa; Order: Haemosporida) in avian blood samples, and sequenced the parasite mitochondrial cytochrome b gene from infected hosts, to study patterns in the prevalence of haemosporidians in 1,166 individuals of 50 species in four habitats along an elevation gradient in the Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic, island of Hispaniola. We found an overall prevalence of 0.44 among species with >= 10 individuals sampled per year, but this varied considerably among species. We found no difference in infection rates between years, between males and females, between second-year (

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