Identification of avian malaria (Plasmodium Sp.) and canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) in the mosquitoes of Tennessee

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 455-462

  Fryxell, Rebecca T Trout ^a   Lewis, Taylor Thompson ^a   Peace, Hannah ^a   Hendricks, Brian B M ^a   Paulsen, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CANID; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NEMATODE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; AEDES; AEDES TRISERIATUS; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; CULEX; CULEX PIPIENS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SCREENING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAEMOPROTEUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RATE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM RETICULUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIRDS; CULEX; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HAEMOSPORIDA; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, AVIAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84907340281     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/13-443.1     Document Type: Article

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