Parasitological and new molecular-phylogenetic characterization of the malaria parasite Plasmodium tejerai in South American penguins

Parasitology International

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-171

  Silveira, Patricia ^a   Belo, Nayara O ^a   Lacorte, Gustavo A ^a   Kolesnikovas, Cristiane K M ^b   Vanstreels, Ralph E T ^c   Steindel, Mário ^d   Catão Dias, José Luiz ^c   Valkiunas, Gediminas ^e   Braga, Érika M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Inst Brasileiro de Meio ambiente e Recursos Naturais Renováveis IBAMA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^e Nature Research Centre   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Morphologic analyses; Penguins; Phylogenetic analyses; Plasmodium tejerai

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAMETOCYTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG EDEMA; MACROPHAGE; MALARIA; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PENGUIN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PLASMODIUM TEJERAI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZONT; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FATAL OUTCOME; MACROPHAGES; MALARIA, AVIAN; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; PARASITEMIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPHENISCIDAE;

AVES; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 84872116210     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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