Avian malaria in Brazilian passerine birds: Parasitism detected by nested PCR using DNA from stained blood smears

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-267

  Ribeiro, S F ^a   Sebaio, F ^a   Branquinho, F C S ^a   Marini, M A ^a,b   Vago, A R ^a   Braga, E M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

18S SSU rRNA; Atlantic Forest birds; Fragmentation; Giemsa stained blood smears; Plasmodium; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; DIET; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOREST; GIEMSA STAIN; INSECTIVORE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALARIA, AVIAN; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 15944392773     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004006596     Document Type: Article

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