High prevalence of Trichomonas gallinae in wild columbids across western and southern Europe

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Summary of Trichomonas lineages found in this study compared to sequences described previously

Lineage	No. of infected birds	% infected birds	Species	No. of species	% species	Lineage name by Lennon et al. [12]	Lineage name by Gerhold et al. [44]	Lineage name by Chi et al. [42]
A/B_B ^a	6	7.1	SD	4	25.0	3 (TD, WP) and 4 (WP)	A and B	A and B
			CD	2	100
C/V/N_A ^b	23	27.4	SD	4	25.0	1 (TD, WP)	C, D and E	C and V
			WP	10	43.5
			TD	9	20.9
O	1	1.2	SD	1	6.3	Not found	Not found	Not found
II	22	26.2	SD	3	18.8	2 (SD, TD, WP)	Not found	II
			WP	12	52.2
			TD	7	16.3
P	19	22.6	SD	2	12.5	Not found	Not found	Not found
			WP	1	4.4
			TD	16	37.2
Q	1	1.2	TD	1	2.3	Not found	Not found	Not found
III	12	14.3	SD	2	12.5	Not found	Not found	III
			TD	10	23.3

Notes: For lineages obtained in our study and for the similar study by [12] we displayed the wild columbid host species as well as numbers and percentages of infected individuals. Furthermore, we give the numbers and percentages of lineages found in a species. Note, the percentages in a species (% species) were calculated according to the number of species infected by a certain lineage and divided through the absolute number of infected individuals of a species
Abbreviations: SD stock dove, WP wood pigeon, TD turtle dove, CD collared dove
^aThe lineage is synonymous with genotype B described by Sansano-Maestre et al. [14] and is therefore potentially pathogenic
^bThe lineage is synonymous with genotype A described by Sansano-Maestre et al. [14] and is therefore apparently non-pathogenic and widespread

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