Evidence for a heritable predisposition to death due to influenza

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-24

  Albright, Frederick S ^a   Orlando, Patricia ^a   Pavia, Andrew T ^b   Jackson, George G ^b   Cannon Albright, Lisa A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Genetic Epidemiology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RISK; UTAH;

EID: 39349095274     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524064     Document Type: Article

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