What caused the Black Death?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 955, 2005, Pages 315-320

  Duncan, C J ^a   Scott, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

ALLELE; ASIA; COMPUTER MODEL; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; EUROPE; FILOVIRIDAE; FLEA; GENE MUTATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MARBURG VIRUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RODENT; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; YERSINIA PESTIS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECEPTORS, CCR5; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 18844405440     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.024075     Document Type: Review

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