Genetic diversity of avian blood parasites in SE Europe: Cytochrome b lineages of the genera Plasmodium and Haemoproteus (Haemosporida) from Bulgaria

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-209

  Dimitrov, Dimitar ^a   Zehtindjiev, Pavel ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b lineages; Haemoproteus; Plasmodium; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AVES; COCCOTHRAUSTES; COCCOTHRAUSTES COCCOTHRAUSTES; EMBERIZA CIRLUS; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; MUSCICAPA STRIATA; ORIOLUS ORIOLUS; PASSER HISPANIOLENSIS; PICUS CANUS; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; SYLVIA NISORIA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 77955713416     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-010-0029-z     Document Type: Article

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