MHC-I Affects Infection Intensity but Not Infection Status with a Frequent Avian Malaria Parasite in Blue Tits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Westerdahl, Helena ^a   Stjernman, Martin ^a   Råberg, Lars ^a   Lannefors, Mimi ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; BIRD; BLUE TITS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPROTEUS MAJORIS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HETEROZYGOTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE LOAD;

AGING; ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALARIA, AVIAN; PASSERIFORMES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84883326808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072647     Document Type: Article

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