Haemosporidian infection in passerine birds from Lower Saxony

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-24

  Wiersch, S C ^a   Lubjuhn, T ^a,b   Maier, W A ^a   Kampen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Cytochrome b gene sequences; Infection prevalence; Lower Saxony; Passeriformes

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASSERINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS MAJORIS; PARUS ATER; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM SP.;

EID: 33846041744     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-006-0094-0     Document Type: Article

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