Molecular epidemiology of malaria prevalence and parasitaemia in a wild bird population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1062-1076

  Knowles, Sarah C L ^a,b   Wood, Matthew J ^a,c   Alves, Ricardo ^a   Wilkin, Teddy A ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^d   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

blue tit; haemosporidian; host parasite interactions; Plasmodium; qPCR

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; CLUTCH SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SONGBIRD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, AVIAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 79951799942     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04909.x     Document Type: Article

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