any microorganism, esp a protozoan, that is parasitic in the blood
Examples of 'haematozoa' in a sentence
haematozoa
Haematozoa were detected in six of 20 species.
Nubia E Matta, Natalia Basto, Rafael Gutierrez, Oscar A Rodríguez, Ellis C Greiner 2004, 'Prevalence of blood parasites in Tyrannidae (flycatchers) in the Eastern plains ofColombia', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000300005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In contrast, high temperatures of the lowland areas provide an excellent environment for the development and transmission of haematozoa.
Itzel Zamora-Vilchis, Stephen E Williams, Christopher N Johnson 2012, 'Environmental temperature affects prevalence of blood parasites of birds on an elevationgradient: implications for disease in a warming climate.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3378574?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)