Taxa ~ Endoparasites
       
 
Acanthocephalans
Haematazoa
  
 

Brent Nikol
University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Carter T. Atkinson
Project Leader
USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
Kilauea Field Station, Hawaii

  
 
Cestodes
Leeches
  
 

Vasyl Tkach
Assistant Professor of Biology
University of North Dakota

Mark Siddall
Curator of Annelida and Protozoa
American Museum of Natural History

 
 
Coccidia
Nematodes
  
 

Donald Duszynski
Professor of Biology
Colorado State University

Steve Upton
Professor of Biology
Kansas State University

Scott Seville
Associate Professor of
Zoology and Physiology
University of Wyoming
Casper College Center

Scott Gardner
Curator, Division of Parasitoloty
Manter Laboratory of Parasitology
University of Nebraska, Lincoln

  
Viruses
David Swayne
Center Director
Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
       
 
Atkinson, C.T., T. Tavares, and S.E. Bush. In preparation. Biodiversity survey of amphibian blood parasites from tropical lowland forests of southern China.
 

Hosts examined for parasites during Chinese expeditions:
Year
Amphibians
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Total
2004
# individuals
(# species)
68
(15)
358
(90)
201
(34)
16
(9)
643
(138)
2005
# individuals
(# species)
22
(11)
209
(70)
118
(27)
49
(18)
398
(126)
2006
# individuals
(# species)
32
(7)
374
(77)
104
(22)
23
(6)
533
(112)
2007
# individuals
(# species)
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Total
# individuals
(# species)
122
(29)
941
(173)
423
(52)
88
(27)
1574
(281)