Detection of avian Plasmodium spp. DNA sequences from mosquitoes captured in minami Daito Island of Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1205-1210

  Ejiri, Hiroko ^a   Sato, Yukita ^a,b   Sasaki, Emi ^b   Sumiyama, Daisuke ^b   Tsuda, Yoshio ^c   Sawabe, Kyoko ^c   Matsui, Shin ^d   Horie, Sayaka ^d   Akatani, Kana ^d   Takagi, Masaoki ^d   Omori, Sumie ^a   Murata, Koichi ^b   Yukawa, Masayoshi ^a  

^a Department of Veterinary Medicine

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird; Japan; Mosquito; Plasmodium; Vector

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; GENETICS; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CULEX; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AVES; CULEX FUSCANUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; LANIUS BUCEPHALUS; PASSER MONTANUS; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM;

EID: 57349131619     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.70.1205     Document Type: Article

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