Identification of Plasmodium relictum causing mortality in penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) from São Paulo Zoo, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 123-127

  Bueno, Marina Galvão ^a   Lopez, Rodrigo Pinho Gomez ^a   Menezes, Regiane Maria Tironi de ^c   Costa Nascimento, Maria de Jesus ^b   Lima, Giselle Fernandes Maciel de Castro ^b   Araújo, Radamés Abrantes de Sousa ^b   Guida, Fernanda Junqueira Vaz ^a   Kirchgatter, Karin ^b  

^a Fundacao Parque Zoologico de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diagnosis; Penguins; Plasmodium relictum; Spheniscus magellanicus

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; CHLOROQUINE; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROCORTISONE; PRIMAQUINE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CULEX; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; EYE SWELLING; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; MALE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PENGUIN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; PODODERMATITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 77956286064     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.06.026     Document Type: Article

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