Avian malaria infections in western European mosquitoes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 637-645

  Ventim, Rita ^a,d   Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Osório, Hugo ^b   Lopes, Ricardo J ^c   Pérez Tris, Javier ^d   Mendes, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COQUILLETTIDIA RICHIARDII; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX THEILERI; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULICIDAE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALARIA, AVIAN; MALE; MICE; PLASMODIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; COQUILLETTIDIA RICHIARDII; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX THEILERI; MUS; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM SP.; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 84866007818     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2880-3     Document Type: Article

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