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Table 1 Infection status of birds included in this study and number of engorged and analyzed Culex pipiens mosquitoes

From: Do mosquitoes transmit the avian malaria-like parasite Haemoproteus? An experimental test of vector competence using mosquito saliva

 

Infection status (PCR)

Intensity of infection and morphological identification of parasites (blood smear)

Engorged mosquitoes

Alive mosquitoes after 13 days

Head-thorax positive/analysed

Saliva positive/analysed

House sparrow 1

Haemoproteus

Haemoproteus (0%)

9 (2.9%)

9 (100%)

0/9

0/9

House sparrow 2

Haemoproteus

Haemoproteus (0.4%)

39 (12.5%)

35 (89.7%)

0/34

0/34

House sparrow 3

Haemoproteus

Haemoproteus (0.2%)

42 (13.5%)

36 (85.7%)

1/36

0/36

House sparrow 4

Haemoproteus

Haemoproteus (0.5%)/Plasmodium (0.2%)

39 (12.5%)

33 (84.6%)

23/26

7/26

House sparrow 5

Haemoproteus

Haemoproteus (1.3%)/Plasmodium (0.3%)

45 (14.4%)

36 (80%)

20/36

1/34