Host specificity and incidence of Trypanosoma in some African rainforest birds: A molecular approach

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2319-2327

  Sehgal, Ravinder N M ^a   Jones, Hugh I ^b   Smith, Thomas B ^a,c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Disease prevalence; Host specificity; Host parasite interactions; PCR detection method; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; GENES, RRNA; HAPLOTYPES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0034803680     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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