The Black Death and AIDS: CCR5-Δ32 in genetics and history

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 497-503

  Cohn, S K ^a   Weaver, L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BUBONIC PLAGUE; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PLAGUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS RESISTANCE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIOSIS;

EID: 33748094648     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl076     Document Type: Review

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