Table 1
Examined Paridae birds, with the results on thin blood smears microscopy, parasite cytochrome b gene (cytb) lineages, and histology using hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining and chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH).
| Common name (host species) | Individual | Season (month) | Age | Sex | Microscopy (Leucocytozoon parasitemia) | Parasite cytb lineages | H&E (infected organ) | CISH (infected organ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurasian Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) | H10/20R | A (September) | AD | M | L (0.05%)a | lPARUS4 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | – | BS |
| H21/20R | A (September) | JUV | M | L (0.06%)a | lSYBOR07 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | – | BS | |
| H70/21R | A (October) | U | U | NP | Co-infection (Leucocytozoon spp.) | – | BS | |
| H9/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | lPARUS4 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | – | BS | |
| H10/23R | A (October) | U | M | NP | lPARUS14 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | – | – | |
| H17/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | – | – | – | |
| H18/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | – | – | – | |
| H24/23R | A (October) | AD | F | NP | pTURDUS1 (Plasmodium circumflexum) | – | – | |
| H30/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | pTURDUS1 (P. circumflexum) | – | – | |
| H32/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | pTURDUS1 (P. circumflexum) | – | – | |
| H34/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | lPARUS4 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | – | – | |
| H35/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | – | – | – | |
| H36/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | pTURDUS1 (P. circumflexum) | – | – | |
| H38/23R | A (November) | AD | M | NP | lPARUS14 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | – | – | |
| H39/23R | A (October) | AD | F | NP | lPARUS95* (Leucocytozoon sp.) | – | – | |
| H48/23R | U | U | U | NP | pTURDUS1, (P. circumflexum) | – | – | |
| Co-infection (Leucocytozoon spp.) | ||||||||
| H49/23R | U | U | U | NP | pBT7 (Plasmodium sp.) | – | – | |
| H50/23R | U | U | U | NP | – | – | – | |
| H127/23R | A (September) | U | F | NP | – | – | – | |
| H135/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | – | – | – | |
| Great tit (Parus major) | H44/21R | S (May) | U | U | L (0.03%)a | Co-infection (Leucocytozoon spp.) | M (kidneys) | BS, M (kidneys) |
| H56/21R | A (October) | U | U | H¨, L (0.004%)a | lPARUS16 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | – | BS | |
| H58/21R | A (October) | U | M | L (0.09%)a | lPARUS16 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | M (kidneys, liver) | BS, M (liver) | |
| H81/21R | A (October) | U | M | H, L (0.002%)a | hPARUS1 (Haemoproteus majoris) | – | BS | |
| lPARUS19 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | ||||||||
| H83/21R | A (October) | AD | F | L (0.01%)b | lPARUS22 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | MM (heart) | BS, MM (heart) | |
| H84/21R | A (October) | AD | F | P, L (0.004%)b | pTURDUS1 (P. circumflexum) | – | BS | |
| lPARUS22 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | ||||||||
| H14/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | pTURDUS1 (P. circumflexum) | – | – | |
| H15/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | pTURDUS1 (P. circumflexum) | – | – | |
| Co-infection (Leucocytozoon spp.) | ||||||||
| H16/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | pTURDUS1 (P. circumflexum) | – | – | |
| lPARUS4 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | ||||||||
| H20/23R | A (October) | AD | M | NP | pBT7 (Plasmodium sp.) | – | – | |
| H23/23R | A (September) | U | U | NP | pTURDUS1 (P. circumflexum) | – | – | |
| lPARUS25 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | ||||||||
| H31/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | – | – | – | |
| H33/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | lPARUS19 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | – | – | |
| H123/23R | A (October) | U | M | NP | lPARUS4 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | – | BS | |
| H130/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | lPARUS4 (Leucocytozoon sp.) | – | BS | |
| H131/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | – | – | – | |
| H132/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | – | – | – | |
| H133/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | – | – | – | |
| Coal tit (Periparus ater) | H12/23R | A (October) | U | M | NP | – | – | – |
| H13/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | – | – | – | |
| H29/23R | A (October) | U | U | NP | pBT7 (Plasmodium sp.) | – | – |
A: Autumn, S: Spring, AD: adult. JUV: juvenile. M: male. F: female. U: Unknown. NP: No Preparation as bird was retrieved dead. L: Leucocytozoon. H: Haemoproteus. P: Plasmodium. (a): L. majoris morphotype. (b): L. fringillinarum morphotype. BS: Blood Signal. (–): negative result. (*): new lineage. M: meront. MM: megalomeront. Note: H¨: Haemoproteus lineage in sample H56/21R could not be amplified.
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