Prevalence and differential host-specificity of two avian blood parasite genera in the Australo-Papuan region

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3829-3844

  Beadell, Jon S ^a,b   Gering, Eben ^b,c,g   Austin, Jeremy ^d   Dumbacher, John P ^b,e   Peirce, Mike A ^f   Pratt, Thane K ^c   Atkinson, Carter T ^c   Fleischer, Robert C ^b,h  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^e CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^f MP International Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^g SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Genetics Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Avian malaria; Haemoproteus; Host specificity; Papua New Guinea; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCCIDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; HAEMOPROTEUS; PARDALOTIDAE; PETROICIDAE; PTILONORHYNCHIDAE;

EID: 9644276781     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02363.x     Document Type: Article

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