Malaria infection and human evolution

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-74

  Sabbatani, Sergio ^a   Manfredi, Roberto ^a   Fiorino, Sirio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Budrio General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Evolution; Human kind; Malaria; Plasmodia parasites

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIQUITY; CIVILIZATION; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; AMERICAS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ASIA; CHILD; CULEX; DIET; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MUMMIES; PLASMODIUM; VERTEBRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951523954     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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