Coamplificafion of Leucocytozoon by PCR diagnostic tests for avian malaria: A cautionary note

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1362-1365

  Cosgrove, C L ^a   Day, K P ^b   Sheldon, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 18S; CYTOCHROME B; PROTOZOAL DNA;

BIRD; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOPARASITE; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; LEUCOCYTOZOON; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING TEST; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COCCIDIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONGBIRD; STANDARD;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALARIA, AVIAN; PASSERIFORMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847007705     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-879R.1     Document Type: Article

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