Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar.
Josué Martínez-de la PuenteLuke J Eberhart-PhillipsM Cristina Carmona-IsunzaSama ZefaniaMaría José NavarroOliver KrugerJoseph Ivan HoffmanTamás SzékelyJordi FiguerolaPublished in: Malaria journal (2017)
Potential explanations for the low prevalence of blood parasites include the scarcity of vectors in habitats used by these bird species and their resistance to parasitic infections.