Some species of " Haemoproteus " will also form large, cyst-like bodies within the skeletal muscles that resembling those seen with " Sarcocystis " species infections.
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The ability to store haemozoin appears to have evolved only once in the common ancestor of " Haemoproteus ", " Hepatocystis " and " Plasmodium ".
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One species, " Haemoproteus centropi ", is described from cuckoos such as " Clamator jacobinus " and " Centropus sinensis " and is spread by mosquitoes.
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For instance, many DNA sequences have been identified for Haemoproteus in birds around the world in recent years, leading to new knowledge about the previously unknown diversity of this parasite in different regions
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A paper by Blanquart and Gascuel examined " Plasmodium " 84 mitochondrial sequences and included " Hepatocystis ", " Haemoproteus " and " Leukocytozoon " sequences.
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The earliest known fossil is of a " Haemoproteus " like organism ( " Paleohaemoproteus burmacis " ) was found in the abdominal cavity of a female biting midge trapped 100 million years ago in amber found in Myanmar.
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One day MacCallum collected blood sample far from his home, and in his home laboratory he observed active parasites called " Halteridium columbae " ( but now considered as " Haemoproteus columbae " ) among the blood cells.
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A white cockatoo and a sulphur-crested cockatoo were found to be infected with the protozoon " Haemoproteus " and another sulphur-crested cockatoo had the malaria parasite " Plasmodium " on analysis of faecal samples at Almu�ecar ornithological garden in Granada in Spain.
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It is parasitised externally by fleas and mites, including the " house martin flea ", " Ceratophyllus hirundinis ", and internally by endoparasites such as " Haemoproteus prognei " ( avian malaria ), which are transmitted by blood-sucking insects including mosquitoes.
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A study examining birds in northwestern Colombia for blood parasites found the Muscovy duck to be more frequently infected with " Haemoproteus " and malaria ( " Plasmodium " ) parasites than chickens, domestic pigeons and domestic turkeys . and in fact almost all wild bird species studied also.
