Further observations on the blood parasites of birds in Uganda

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 580-587

  Valkiunas, Gediminas ^a,c   Sehgal, Ravinder N M ^b,c   Iezhova, Tatjana A ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^c  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atoxoplasma; Avian hematozoa; Haemoproteus; Hepatozoon; Leucocytozoon; Microfilariae; Plasmodium; Trypanosoma; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HEPATOZOON; LEUCOCYTOZOON; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 27744602882     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.3.580     Document Type: Article

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