Spatial patterns of avian malaria prevalence in Zonotrichia capensis on the western slope of the Peruvian Andes

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 903-905

  Jones, M R ^a   Cheviron, Z A ^b   Carling, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALARIA; PARASITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; PREVALENCE; SPARROW; TEMPERATURE; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HAEMOSPORIDA; HAPLOTYPES; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, AVIAN; PERU; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; RAIN; SPARROWS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANDES; PERU;

EID: 84885462046     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/12-147.1     Document Type: Article

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