First record of avian plasmodium DNA from mosquitoes collected in the Yaeyama archipelago, Southwestern border of Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1521-1525

  Ejiri, Hiroko ^a   Sato, Yukita ^a   Kim, Kyeong Soon ^b   Tamashiro, Mikako ^c   Tsuda, Yoshio ^b   Toma, Takako ^c   Miyagi, Ichiro ^c   Murata, Koichi ^a   Yukawa, Masayoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian plasmodium; Culex (Culiciomyia) nigropunctatus; Japan; Mosquito; Yaeyama archipelago

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955242358     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.11-0190     Document Type: Note

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