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Leucocytozoon
Leucocytozoon smithi in a stained blood smear from a turkey
Leucocytozoon (or Leukocytozoon) is a genus of parasitic alveolates belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa (which also includes the malaria parasites).
The species of this genus use either blackflies (Simulium species) or a biting midge as their definitive host and birds as their intermediate host.[1] There are over 100 species in this genus. Over 100 species of birds have been recorded as hosts to these parasites.
^Valkiunas G (2004). "Life Cycle and Morphology of Leucocytozoidae Species". Avian Malaria Parasites and Other Haemosporidia (1 ed.). CRC Press. pp. 36–45. doi:10.1201/9780203643792. ISBN 978-0-415-30097-1.
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Polychromophilus infects bats Hepatocystis infects monkeys and other mammals Leucocytozoon infects various avian species Eimeria infects mammals including rabbits...
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increased 25-fold if the prey was infected with the blood parasite Leucocytozoon, and birds with avian malaria were 16 times more likely to be killed...
the white wing markings. Avian malaria has also been recorded. The leucocytozoon blood parasite L. caprimulgi is rare in the European nightjar. Its scarcity...
territory had an average annual survival rate of 90.5%. Anemia, caused by Leucocytozoon ziemanni and the drinking of blood by swarming, blood-drinking blackflies...
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