Diversity, distribution and biogeographical origins of Plasmodium parasites from the New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura)

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1843-1851

  Baillie, S M ^a,b   Brunton, D H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

avian malaria; biogeography; host parasite distribution; New Zealand; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANTHORNIS MELANURA; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NOVYELLA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM ELONGATUM; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, AVIAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANTHORNIS MELANURA; AVES; MELIPHAGIDAE; PLASMODIUM ELONGATUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; PLASMODIUM SP.;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; CULICIDAE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, AVIAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84865609887     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011001491     Document Type: Article

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