Castes, migration, immunogenetics and infectious diseases in South India

Community Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 157-161

  Pitchappan, R M ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Castes; Disease; HLA; India; Migration

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENETICS; INDIA; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEPROSY; LINGUISTICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036434134     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066329     Document Type: Article

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