New malaria parasites of the subgenus Novyella in African rainforest birds, with remarks on their high prevalence, classification and diagnostics

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1061-1077

  Valkiunas, Gediminas ^a   Iezhova, Tatjana A ^a   Loiseau, Claire ^b   Smith, Thomas B ^c   Sehgal, Ravinder N M ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ALETHE DIADEMATA; ANDROPADUS LATIROSTRIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CAMEROON; ERYTHROCYTE; EVOLUTION; FOWL; GAMETOCYTE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GHANA; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM LUCENS; PLASMODIUM MULTIVACUOLARIS; PLASMODIUM NOVYELLA; PLASMODIUM PARAHEXAMERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; SCHIZONT; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BLOOD; CAMEROON; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GHANA; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALETHE DIADEMATA; ANDROPADUS LATIROSTRIS; AVES; NECTARINIIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; TURDIDAE;

EID: 62949151161     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1289-5     Document Type: Article

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