AIDS and the Black Death [5]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-145

  Bossak, B H ^a  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALLELE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LETTER; MORTALITY; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SMALLPOX;

EID: 33847408337     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl145     Document Type: Letter

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