avian malaria: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	bird malaria

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Bird Culex Aedes Plasmodium parasitic disease protozoal disease malaria leishmaniasis babesiosis toxoplasmosis trypanosomiasis ich trichomoniasis coccidiosis nagana theileriasis

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