Skip to main content

Table 3 Number of Haemosporida infections and total host individuals sampled among birds with active WNV infections and spatiotemporally paired individuals of the same age and host species that were naïve to WNV

From: An inverse association between West Nile virus serostatus and avian malaria infection status

a) West Nile virus positive

    
 

Haemosporida infections

Plasmodium infections

Total sampled

Haemosporidian Lineages

 American robin1

2

1

2

CHI04PL, CHI02PL, CHI19PA

 Gray catbird

1

0

1

CHI01PA

 House finch

0

0

3

 

 House sparrow

4

4

15

P. cathemerium, CHI05PL, P. elongatum

 House wren

0

0

1

 

 Northern cardinal

2

2

2

P. cathemerium, P. elongatum

 Red-winged blackbird

0

0

1

 

 Northern flicker

0

0

1

 

 Total

9

7

26

 

b) West Nile virus negative

    

 American robin1

1

1

2

CHI04PL1, P. elongatum

 Gray catbird

0

0

1

 

 House finch

1

1

3

P.cathemerium

 House sparrow2

4

2

15

P.cathemerium, P. elongatum

 house wren

0

0

1

 

 Northern cardinal

1

1

2

P. elongatum

 Red-winged blackbird

1

1

1

P.cathemerium

 Northern flicker

0

0

1

 

 Total

8

6

26

 
  1. Haemosporida lineages recovered from each host are listed.
  2. 1Two Plasmodium lineages were recovered from the same host individual.
  3. 2The lineages of two Haemosporida infections were not identified.