Tembe Danisile, Malatji Mokgadi P, Mukaratirwa Samson
School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa.
One Health Center for Zoonoses and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre P.O. Box 344, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Pathogens. 2023 Jul 17;12(7):945. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12070945.
This review collated existing data on the occurrence, distribution, and prevalence of haemoparasites of poultry in sub-Saharan Africa. A literature search was conducted on three electronic search databases using search terms and Boolean operators (AND, OR). The results recorded 16 haemoparasites, viz., spp., spp., spp., and spp. from a wide range of poultry species distributed across Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cameroon, and Zambia. Infections due to and species were the most common and documented in eight of the ten reviewed countries. The presence of mixed infections was observed in quails, pigeons, chickens, ducks, turkeys, and guineafowls, but predominantly in chickens. Co-infections by spp. and spp. were the most common, which may be attributed to the distribution of these species, coupled with the availability of vectors they are associated with in areas from which they were documented. The information generated in this review is essential for improving existing preventive and control measures of these parasites in sub-Saharan Africa.
本综述整理了撒哈拉以南非洲地区家禽血液寄生虫的发生、分布和流行情况的现有数据。使用搜索词和布尔运算符（AND、OR）在三个电子搜索数据库上进行了文献检索。结果记录了16种血液寄生虫，即来自分布于尼日利亚、肯尼亚、南非、坦桑尼亚、乌干达、博茨瓦纳、津巴布韦、加纳、喀麦隆和赞比亚的多种家禽的 属、 属、 属、 属和 属。 属和 属引起的感染最为常见，在所审查的十个国家中的八个国家都有记录。在鹌鹑、鸽子、鸡、鸭、火鸡和珍珠鸡中观察到混合感染，但主要发生在鸡身上。 属和 属的共同感染最为常见，这可能归因于这些物种的分布，以及在有记录的地区它们所关联的媒介的存在。本综述所产生的信息对于改进撒哈拉以南非洲地区这些寄生虫的现有预防和控制措施至关重要。
