MalAvi: A public database of malaria parasites and related haemosporidians in avian hosts based on mitochondrial cytochrome b lineages

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1353-1358

  Bensch, Staffan ^a   Hellgren, Olof ^b   PÉrez Tris, Javier ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Haemoproteus; Host range; Host parasite interactions; Leucocytozoon; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA);

EID: 68949114368     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02692.x     Document Type: Article

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