Malaria in Farmed Ungulates: an Exciting New System for Comparative Parasitology

ABSTRACT A wide array of vertebrates can serve as the intermediate hosts to malaria parasites (Apicomplexa: Haemosporida), such as birds, lizards, and several groups of mammals, including primates, bats, rodents, and ungulates. The latter group of hosts has not been intensively studied since early d...

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Main Author: Susan L. Perkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-04-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00161-18