Nonspecific patterns of vector, host and avian malaria parasite associations in a central African rainforest

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1049-1061

  Njabo, K Y ^a   Cornel, A J ^b   Bonneaud, C ^c   Toffelmier, E ^a   Sehgal, R N M ^d   Valkiunas G ^e   Russell, A F ^c,f   Smith, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

avian malaria; high resolution melt; mosquitoes; PCR; Plasmodium; vector parasite interactions

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; CAMEROON; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; SALIVARY GLAND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HOST SPECIFICITY; MALARIA, AVIAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; COQUILLETTIDIA; CULICIDAE; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951788393     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04904.x     Document Type: Article

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