North American transmission of hemosporidian parasites in the Swainson's thrush (Catharus ustulatus), a migratory songbird

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 548-553

  Dodge, Molly ^a   Guers, Susan L ^b   Sekercioǧlu, Çaǧan H ^c   Sehgal, Ravinder N M ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alaska Bird Observatory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

BREEDING SITE; CYTOCHROME; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; RANGE EXPANSION; SAMPLING; SONGBIRD;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; BREEDING; COSTA RICA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; COSTA RICA; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HAEMOSPORIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CATHARUS USTULATUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84878687378     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3134.1     Document Type: Article

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