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Presence of Haemoproteus sp. in House Sparrows in England

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ALTHOUGH there have been many records of Haemoproteus in the English sparrow (Passer domesticus) from America and Europe1–3 there appears to be no published record of the parasite occurring in Britain.

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  1. Central Veterinary Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, New Haw, Weybridge, Surrey

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PEIRCE, M. Presence of Haemoproteus sp. in House Sparrows in England. Nature 213, 315 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213315a0

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