Host-parasite associations and host-specificity in haemoparasites of reed bed passerines

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 310-316

  Ventim, Rita ^a,b   Morais, Joana ^a   Pardal, Sara ^a   Mendes, Luísa ^a   Ramos, Jaime A ^a   PÉrez Tris, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

avian malaria; Haemoproteus; haemosporidian; host range; host parasite association; local transmission; nestedness; Plasmodium; specialists versus generalists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD PARASITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPROTEUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS;

EID: 84858856227     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011002083     Document Type: Article

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