Science, medicine, and the future: Susceptibility to infection

British Medical Journal

Volumn 321, Issue 7268, 2000, Pages 1061-1065

  Kwiatkowski, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HLA ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALARIA; MEDICAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX;

EID: 0034727380     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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