Infectious causation of disease: an evolutionary perspective

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 406-448

  Cochran, Gregory M ^b   Ewald, Paul W ^a   Cochran, Kyle D ^b  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MUTAGENESIS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; CAUSALITY; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFECTION; MUTAGENESIS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034153089     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2000.0016     Document Type: Article

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