Infectious Disease as an Evolutionary Paradigm

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 417-423

  Lederberg, Joshua ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; PARASITE; REVIEW; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; PARASITES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRUSES;

EID: 0031253357     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0304.970402     Document Type: Article

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