In situ hybridization and sequence analysis reveal an association of Plasmodium spp. with mortalities in wild passerine birds in Austria

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1455-1462

  Dinhopl, Nora ^a   Nedorost, Nora ^a   Mostegl, Meike M ^a   Weissenbacher Lang, Christiane ^a   Weissenböck, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Avian malaria; Cytochrome B gene; In situ hybridization; Plasmodium; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATAXIA; AUSTRIA; AVIAN MALARIA; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HEART MUSCLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG EDEMA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MORPHOSPECIES; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PARASITE LOAD; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM ELONGATUM; PLASMODIUM LUTZI; PLASMODIUM VAUGHANI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; TORTICOLLIS; ANIMAL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, AVIAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PENGUIN; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; AUSTRIA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALARIA, AVIAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84925517802     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4328-z     Document Type: Article

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