Two new trypanosoma species from African birds, with notes on the taxonomy of avian trypanosomes

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 924-930

  Valkiunas, Gediminas ^a   Iezhova, Tatjana A ^a   Carlson, Jenny S ^a,b   Sehgal, Ravinder N M ^a,b  

^a Nature Research Centre   (Lithuania)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIRD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MEMBRANE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA ANGUIFORMIS; TRYPANOSOMA AVIUM; TRYPANOSOMA BENNETTI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CORVI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA GRAYI; TRYPANOSOMA IRWINI; TRYPANOSOMA MEGA; TRYPANOSOMA POLYGRANULARIS; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI; TRYPANOSOMA ROTATORIUM; TRYPANOSOMA THEILERI; TRYPANOSOMA VARANI;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CAMEROON; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GALLIFORMES; GHANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

AFRICA;

AVES; FRANCOLINUS LATHAMI; OLEA EUROPAEA SUBSP. CUSPIDATA; TRYPANOSOMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80053969670     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2796.1     Document Type: Article

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