No evidence for avian malaria infection during the nestling phase in a passerine bird

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1302-1304

  Cosgrove, Catherine L ^a   Knowles, Sarah C L ^a   Day, Karen P ^a,b   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMATOLOGY; MALARIA; NESTLING; PARASITE; PASSERINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CARRIER; HAEMOPROTEUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEUCOCYTOZOON; MALARIA; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; WILD TYPE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENGLAND; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALARIA, AVIAN; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; HEXAPODA; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33846996828     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-878R.1     Document Type: Article

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