Evolutionary approaches to sexually transmitted infections

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1230, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-3

  Nesse, Randolph M ^a   Foxman, Betsy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Medicine; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROBIAL IMMUNITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VACCINATION; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79961189800     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06078.x     Document Type: Article

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