Malaria in antiquity: A genetics perspective

World Archaeology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 180-192

  Hume, Jennifer C C ^a   Lyons, Emily J ^a   Day, Karen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Evolution; Human evolution; Human migration; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GENETICS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MALARIA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MOSQUITO;

EID: 0142183436     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824032000111362     Document Type: Article

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