Recent advances in the study of avian malaria: an overview with an emphasis on the distribution of Plasmodium spp in Brazil
Avian malaria parasites (Plasmodium) have a worldwide distribution except for Antarctica. They are transmitted exclusively by mosquito vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) and are of particular interest to health care research due to their phylogenetic relationship with human plasmodia and their ability to...
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2011-08-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000900002&lng=en&tlng=en |