Hemosporidian parasites in forest birds from Venezuela: Genetic lineage analyses

Avian Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 583-588

  Mijares, Alfredo ^a   Rosales, Romel ^a   Silva Iturriza, Adriana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chamaeza campanisona; Formicarius analis; genetic diversity; Geotrygon linearis; Haemoproteus; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAEMOSPORIDA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VENEZUELA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAEMOSPORIDA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; VENEZUELA;

AVES; CHAMAEZA CAMPANISONA; COLUMBIDAE; DIPTERA; FORMICARIIDAE; FORMICARIUS ANALIS; GEOTRYGON LINEARIS; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON;

EID: 84866686322     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/10058-011312-ResNote.1     Document Type: Article

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