Microfilariae in GaláPagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus) and flightless cormorants (Phalacrocorax harrisi): Genetics, morphology, and prevalence

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 495-503

  Merkel, Jane ^a,b   Jones, Hugh I ^c   Whiteman, Noah K ^a   Gottdenker, Nicole ^b   Vargas, Hernan ^d   Travis, Erika K ^b   Miller, R Eric ^b   Parker, Patricia G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 1; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA; GENE; GENETICS; HEMOPARASITE; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEABIRD; SEASON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD PARASITE; BLOOD SMEAR; DNA SEQUENCE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PENGUIN; PHALACROCORAX HARRISI; PHYLOGENY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPHENISCUS MENDICULUS;

ANIMALS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; GENOTYPE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SPHENISCIDAE;

ECUADOR; FERNANDINA; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; ISABELA [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX HARRISI; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MENDICULUS;

EID: 34249812612     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1009R.1     Document Type: Article

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