Use of PCR for detection of subpatent infections of lizard malaria: Implications for epizootiology

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1587-1590

  Perkins, Susan L ^a   Osgood, Sarah M ^a   Schall, Jos J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Epizootiology; Lizard; Malaria; PCR; Plasmodium; Sceloporus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SMEAR; DISEASE DETECTION; INFECTIVITY; LIZARD; MALARIA; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL RNA; UNITED STATES;

PLASMODIUM MEXICANUM; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0031787163     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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