Leucocytozoon (Apicomplexa: Leucocytozoidae) from West African birds, with descriptions of two species

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 397-401

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCOCYTOZOON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECTOPARASITE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEUCOCYTOZOON BRIMONTI; LEUCOCYTOZOON POGONIULI; LEUCOCYTOZOON TRACHYPHONI; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NECTARINIA; NECTARINIA OLIVACEA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; POGONIULUS; POGONIULUS ATROFLAVUS P; POGONIULUS SUBSULPHURENS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRACHYPHONUS; TRACHYPHONUS PURPUREUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CAMEROON; COTE D'IVOIRE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; HAEMOSPORIDA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

APICOMPLEXA; AVES; LEUCOCYTOZOON; NECTARINIA OLIVACEA; PICATHARTES; PICATHARTIDAE; POGONIULUS; POGONIULUS ATROFLAVUS; POGONIULUS SUBSULPHUREUS; PYCNONOTIDAE; TRACHYPHONUS;

EID: 19944396782     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3409     Document Type: Article

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