The chiropteran haemosporidian Polychromophilus melanipherus: A worldwide species complex restricted to the family Miniopteridae

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1558-1566

  Duval, Linda ^a,b   Mejean, Cyndie ^a   Maganga, Gael D ^a   Makanga, Boris K ^a,c   Mangama Koumba, Lilian B ^a,d   Peirce, Michael A ^e   Ariey, Frederic ^a,f   Bourgarel, Mathieu ^a,g,h  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Institut de Recherches en Ecologie Tropicale   (Gabon)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES DE MASUKU   (Gabon)

^e MP International Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^g CIRAD   (France)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Haemosporidia; Miniopteridae; Polychromophilus melanipherus; Species complex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CYTOCHROME B MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; EVOLUTION; HAEMOSPORIDA; HAPLOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; MINIOPTERUS INFLATUS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYCHROMOPHILUS MELANIPHERUS; POLYCHROMOPHILUS MURINUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CAVES; CHIROPTERA; CYTOCHROMES B; ERYTHROCYTES; GABON; HAEMOSPORIDA; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMPATRY;

EID: 84865408561     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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