Description of a new species of Haemoproteus (Haemosporidia, Apicomplexa) from an orange-tufted sunbird Nectarinia osea

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-107

  Paperna, Ilan ^a   Yosef, Reuven ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Ben Gurion University of the Negev Eilat Campus   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eilat; Haemoproteus osea sp. nov.; Haemosporidia; Israel; Nectarinia osea; Sunbirds

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; NECTARINIA BOUVIERI; NECTARINIA OSEA;

EID: 77955035677     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-010-0028-0     Document Type: Article

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