Fig. 1

Oocysts (a, b) and Giemsa-stained sporozoites (c, d) of avian malaria parasites from Culex pipiens pallens and C. inatomii. a–c: CXINA02 [GanBank: AB920777] from C. inatomii, d: SGS1-Plasmodium relictum [AF495571] from C. p. pallens. Scale bar,100 μm (a), 20 μm (b), and 10 μm (c, d)