Parasitemia in PCR-detected Plasmodium and Haemoproteus infections in birds

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 514-522

  Fallon, Sylvia M ^a,b   Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BLOOD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 51649095589     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04308.x     Document Type: Article

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