Low prevalence of Haemoproteus infections in chiffchaffs

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 302-309

  Bensch, Staffan ^a   Jönsson, Jane ^a   Copete, José Luis ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; Phylloscopus collybita; Plasmodium; prevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOPROTEUS; HEMOPROTEUS INFECTION; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFESTATION; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLLOSCOPUS COLLYBITA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PROTEUS INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS COLLYBITA;

EID: 84858807232     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011002009     Document Type: Article

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