Detecting avian malaria: An improved polymerase chain reaction diagnostic

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1044-1047

  Fallon, S M ^a   Ricklefs, R E ^a   Swanson, B L ^a   Bermingham, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

BIRD; DETECTION METHOD; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL CELL; APICOPLAST; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BLOOD SMEAR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOME; HAEMOPROTEUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLUMBIDAE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALARIA, AVIAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS;

EID: 0344420370     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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