First data on the genetic diversity of avian haemosporidians in China: Cytochrome b lineages of the genera Plasmodium and Haemoproteus (Haemosporida) from Gansu Province

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3509-3515

  Zehtindjiev, Pavel ^a   Ivanova, Karina ^a   Mariaux, Jean ^b   Georgiev, Boyko B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; BIRD; BLOOD PARASITE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOPICA CYANUS; CYTOCHROME B GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAEMOPROTEOUS; HAEMOPROTEUS LANII; HAEMOPROTEUS MINUTUS; HAEMOPROTEUS PALLIDUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LANIUS CRISTATUS; LANIUS TEPHRONOTUS; MOTACILLA FLAVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARUS MAJOR; PASSER MONTANUS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURDUS MUPINENSIS; TURDUS RUBROCANUS; UPUPA EPOPS;

AVES; CYANOPICA CYANUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS LANII; HAEMOPROTEUS PALLIDUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; LANIUS CRISTATUS; LANIUS TEPHRONOTUS; MOTACILLA FLAVA; PARUS MAJOR; PASSER MONTANUS; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX; TURDUS MUPINENSIS; TURDUS RUBROCANUS; UPUPA EPOPS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHINA; GENETIC VARIATION; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884699650     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3533-x     Document Type: Article

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