The diversity, distribution and host-parasite associations of trypanosomes in Western Australian wildlife

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1269-1279

  Averis, S ^a   Thompson, R C A ^a   Lymbery, A J ^a   Wayne, A F ^b   Morris, K D ^b   Smith, A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Genetic diversity; Geographical distribution; Host specificity; Trypanosoma spp; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRYPANOSOMA; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 70350573946     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009990801     Document Type: Article

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