New avian Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from African birds, with a critique of the use of host taxonomic information in hemoproteid classification

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 682-694

  Iezhova, Tatjana A ^a   Dodge, Molly ^a,b   Sehgal, Ravinder N M ^a,b   Smith, Thomas B ^a,c   Valkiunas, Gediminas ^a  

^a Nature Research Centre   (Lithuania)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Semel Institute Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; DNA;

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CYTOCHROME; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOST USE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTOZOAN; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GAMETOCYTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS HOMOBELOPOLSKYI; HAEMOPROTEUS MICRONUCLEARIS; HAEMOPROTEUS NUCLEOFASCIALIS; HAEMOSPORIDA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIRD DISEASES; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; HAEMOSPORIDA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; UGANDA;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALIMBUS RUBRICOLLIS; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLOCEINAE; PLOCEUS MELANOCEPHALUS; QUELEA; QUELEA QUELEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051731016     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2709.1     Document Type: Article

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