Detection, prevalence, and transmission of avian hematozoa in waterfowl at the Arctic/sub-Arctic interface: Co-infections, viral interactions, and sources of variation

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Meixell, Brandt W ^a,b   Arnold, Todd W ^a   Lindberg, Mark S ^c   Smith, Matthew M ^b   Runstadler, Jonathan A ^d   Ramey, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood parasites; Co infection; Detection probability; Haemoproteus; Hematozoa; Influenza A Virus; Leucocytozoon; Occupancy models; Plasmodium; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALASKA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPROTEUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATERFOWL; ANIMAL; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD; CLOACA; COMPLICATION; DUCK; GENETICS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST RANGE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OROPHARYNX; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASON; TRANSMISSION; WILD ANIMAL;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; CLOACA; COINFECTION; DUCKS; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST SPECIFICITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS;

EID: 84977274596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1666-3     Document Type: Article

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