Serological responses and immunity to superinfection with avian malaria in experimentally-infected Hawaii Amakihi

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-27

  Atkinson, Carter T ^b   Dusek, Robert J ^a   Lease, Julie K ^b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Concomitant immunity; Drepanidinae; Hawaii Amakihi; Hemignathus virens; Honeycreeper; Immunoblot; Plasmodium relictum; Premunition

Indexed keywords

AVES; DREPANIDINAE; HAWAIIA; HEMIGNATHUS VIRENS; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; DUCK; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; KUPFFER CELL; MOSQUITO; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SONGBIRD; SUPERINFECTION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CULICIDAE; DUCKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; KUPFFER CELLS; MALARIA, AVIAN; PARASITEMIA; SONGBIRDS; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0035235722     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.1.20     Document Type: Article

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