A restriction site to differentiate Plasmodium and Haemoproteus infections in birds: On the inefficiency of general primers for detection of mixed infections

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 713-722

  Martinez J ^a   Martinez De La Puente J ^b   Herrero, J ^a   Del Cerro, S ^b   Lobato, E ^b   Rivero De Aguilar, J ^b   Vasquez R A ^c   Merino, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Endonuclease Hpy CH4III; Haemoparasites; Haemosporidia; Host parasite interactions; Mixed infections; Molecular detection; PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; ENDONUCLEASE; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAEMOPROTEUS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RESTRICTION SITE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIA; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67651160536     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009006118     Document Type: Article

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