Molecular evidence for host specificity of parasitic nematode microfilariae in some African rainforest birds

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3977-3988

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

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Disease prevalence; Host specificity; Host parasite interactions; Microfilariae; Parasitic nematodes

Indexed keywords

ALETHE CASTANEA; ALETHE DIADEMATA; AVES; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE GENUS); NEMATODA;

PRIMER DNA; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CAMEROON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROFILARIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CAMEROON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICROFILARIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33646189506     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02555.x     Document Type: Article

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