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Coquillettidia (Culicidae, Diptera) mosquitoes are natural vectors of avian malaria in Africa

BACKGROUND: The mosquito vectors of Plasmodium spp. have largely been overlooked in studies of ecology and evolution of avian malaria and other vertebrates in wildlife. METHODS: Plasmodium DNA from wild-caught Coquillettidia spp. collected from lowland forests in Cameroon was isolated and sequenced...

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Autores principales: Njabo, Kevin Y, Cornel, Anthony J, Sehgal, Ravinder NM, Loiseau, Claire, Buermann, Wolfgang, Harrigan, Ryan J, Pollinger, John, Valkiūnas, Gediminas, Smith, Thomas B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19664282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-193