Blood parasites in birds from the lowlands of Northern Colombia

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-93

  Londoño, Aurora ^a,b   Pulgarin R, Paulo C ^a   Blair, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Birds; Blood parasites; Colombia; Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; Microfilariae; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; URABA;

EID: 44649108831     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v43i1.a8     Document Type: Article

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