Diversity and distribution of avian haematozoan parasites in the western Indian Ocean region: A molecular survey

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-231

  Ishtiaq, Farah ^a   Beadell, Jon S ^a   H warren, Ben ^b   Fleischer, Robert C ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; haematozoan parasites; Haemoproteus; Plasmodium; western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD PARASITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPROTEUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INDIAN OCEAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPHYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS;

EID: 84856935186     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011001831     Document Type: Article

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