Diversity and distribution of avian haemosporidians in sub-Saharan Africa: An inter-regional biogeographic overview

Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 394-402

  Outlaw, Diana C ^a   Harvey, Johanna A ^b   Drovetski, Sergei V ^c   Voelker, Gary ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; birds; Haemosporida; malaria

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; DISEASE CARRIER; FALCONIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST RANGE; LEUCOCYTOZOON; NONHUMAN; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATERFOWL; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; HAEMOSPORIDA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84994607219     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182016001979     Document Type: Article

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