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Molecular detection of TOXOplasma gOndii (Chromista: Apicomplexa) in the blood of passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in south-eastern Armenia
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- 1. Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of NAS RA. 7 P. Sevak, Yerevan 0014, Armenia. & Research Institute of Biology, Yerevan State University. 8 Charents, Yerevan 0025, Armenia.
- 2. Research Institute of Biology, Yerevan State University. 8 Charents, Yerevan 0025, Armenia.
- 3. State Darwin Museum. 57, Vavilova Ul., Moscow 117292, Russia.
- 4. Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of NAS RA. 7 P. Sevak, Yerevan 0014, Armenia.
- 5. Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of NAS RA. 7 P. Sevak, Yerevan 0014, Armenia. & BirdLinks Armenia NGO. 87b Dimitrov, apt 14, Yerevan 0020, Armenia.
- 6. Infectious Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Birjand 97178/53577, Iran.
- 7. Parasitology and Mycology Department, Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Sari Medical School, Mazandaran
- 8. Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of NAS RA. 7 P. Sevak, Yerevan 0014, Armenia. & Parasitology and Mycology Department, Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Sari Medical School, Mazandaran
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Aghayan, Sargis A., Asikyan, Manan, Rakovi, Marko, Stankovi, Daliborka, Fadeev, Igor V., Gevorgyan, Hasmik, Shcherbakov, Oleg, Arakelyan, Marine, Aghababyan, Karen, Pagheh, Abdol Sattar, Sharif, Mehdi, Daryani, Ahmad (2024): Molecular detection of TOXOplasma gOndii (Chromista: Apicomplexa) in the blood of passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in south-eastern Armenia. Zoologia (e24016) 41: 1-10, DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24016, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e24016
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