Evolution and public health

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 1702-1709

  Omenn, Gilbert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Ecogenetics; Genome mapping; Susceptibility to infection; Western diet

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LACTASE; VITAMIN D; VACCINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANOPHELES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DENGUE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INNATE IMMUNITY; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LIPID STORAGE; MALARIA; MICROBIOME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES HABITAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN; WORM INFECTION; YELLOW FEVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELECTION, GENETIC; VACCINES;

EID: 76549088601     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906198106     Document Type: Article

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