Avian malaria parasites share congeneric mosquito vectors

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-151

  Kimura, M ^a   Darbro, J M ^a,b   Harrington, L C ^a,b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

BIRD; CLADISTICS; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC MARKER; HOST RANGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE INFESTATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AEDES; AEDES AURIFER; AEDES CANADENSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; CULISETA MELANURA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIRDS; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, AVIAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

UNITED STATES;

AEDES AURIFER; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; CULISETA MELANURA; OCHLEROTATUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 77950385289     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2060.1     Document Type: Article

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