| molecular identification of avian haemosporidia in wild birds and mosquitoes on tsushima island, japan. | we investigated for the first time the prevalence of avian haemosporidia of genera plasmodium, haemoproteus and leucocytozoon among birds and mosquitoes on tsushima island of japan, which is located between japan and the korean peninsula. of 55 wild birds belonging to 33 species, 16 (29.1%) tested positive for haemosporidia as follows: plasmodium spp. (11/55; 20.0%); haemoproteus spp. (2/55; 3.6%); and leucocytozoon spp. (3/55; 5.5%). a genetic lineage isolated from the eurasian sparrowhawk (acc ... | 2013 | 23123824 |