Trypanosomes genetic diversity, polyparasitism and the population decline of the critically endangered Australian marsupial, the brush tailed bettong or woylie (Bettongia penicillata)

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-89

  Botero, Adriana ^a   Thompson, Craig K ^a   Peacock, Christopher S ^b,c   Clode, Peta L ^b   Nicholls, Philip K ^a   Wayne, Adrian F ^d   Lymbery, Alan J ^a   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian trypanosomes; Intracellular; Marsupials; Pathogenicity; Population decline; Tissue tropism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877086954     PISSN: 22132244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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