Did medieval trade activity and a viral etiology control the spatial extent and seasonal distribution of Black Death mortality?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 749-752

  Bossak, Brian H ^a   Welford, Mark R ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMERCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PLAGUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; TRAVEL; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 62949135625     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.12.045     Document Type: Article

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