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Table 1 Annual prevalence of Plasmodium and Haemoproteus by PCR in penguins

From: Vector incrimination and transmission of avian malaria at an aquarium in Japan: mismatch in parasite composition between mosquitoes and penguins

Year

Number of samples

Plasmodium

Haemoproteus

Number positive

Prevalence (%)

Number positive

Prevalence (%)

2012

47

2

4.26

0

0

2013

33

0

0

0

0

2014

33

1

3.03

1

3.03

2015

35

0

0

2

5.71

2016

45

0

0

2

4.44

2017

29

1

3.45

0

0

2018

46

1

2.17

3

6.52

  1. Duplicate samples from the same individual in the same year have been removed