Pathogenicity of avian malaria in experimentally-infected Hawaii Amakihi

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-204

  Atkinson, Carter T ^d   Dusek, Robert J ^a   Woods, Karen L ^b   Iko, William M ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Biological Resources Division   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Drepanidinae; Experimental infection; Hemignathus virens; Honeycreeper; Pathology; Plasmodium relictum

Indexed keywords

AVES; COCCOIDEA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DREPANIDINAE; HAWAIIA; HEMIGNATHUS VIRENS; HIMATIONE SANGUINEA; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; VESTIARIA COCCINEA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; EATING; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; RANDOMIZATION; SONGBIRD; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CULEX; EATING; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HAWAII; INSECT VECTORS; LIVER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, AVIAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SONGBIRDS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0034170338     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.197     Document Type: Article

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