Heirs of the jaguar and the anaconda: HLA, conquest and disease in the indigenous populations of the Americas

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-218

  Cadavid, L F ^a   Watkins, D I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Americas; Conquest; Disease; HLA

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030827940     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02865.x     Document Type: Review

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