Hemosporidian Parasites in Forest Birds from Venezuela: Genetic Lineage Analyses

@inproceedings{Mijares2012HemosporidianPI,
  title={Hemosporidian Parasites in Forest Birds from Venezuela: Genetic Lineage Analyses},
  author={Alfredo Mijares and Romel Rosales and Adriana Silva-Iturriza},
  booktitle={Avian diseases},
  year={2012}
}
SUMMARY. Avian hemosporidian parasites of the genera Haemoproteus, Plasmodium, and Leucocytozoon are transmitted by different dipteran vectors. In the present work, we looked for the presence of these parasites in 47 birds from 12 families, which were sampled in the migratory corridor Paso de Portachuelo, located at the Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela. The presence of the parasites was evidenced by amplification of a region of 471 bp of their cytochrome b gene. This region of the marker… 
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