Avian haemosporidians in haematophagous insects in the Czech Republic

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 839-845

  Synek, Petr ^a   Munclinger, Pavel ^a   Albrecht, Tomáš ^a   Votýpka, Jan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES KIBUNENSIS; CULICOIDES SEGNIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HEMATOPHAGOUS INSECT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LEUCOCYTOZOON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULIIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULEX; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; INSECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIIDAE;

AVES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICOIDES KIBUNENSIS; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 84876412702     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3204-3     Document Type: Article

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