On Polymerase Chain Reaction Tests for Estimating Prevalence of Malaria in Birds

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1261-1264

  Freed, Leonard A ^a   Cann, Rebecca L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

BIRD; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTIFACT; BIRD DISEASE; DNA EXTRACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALARIA; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BIRDS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MALARIA, AVIAN; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUKARYOTA; HAWAIIA; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0346368170     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3177CC     Document Type: Review

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