Open AccessThe Legacy of Past Pandemics: Common Human Mutations That Protect against Infectious Disease
Author(s) -
Kelly J. Pittman,
Luke C. Glover,
Liuyang Wang,
Dennis C. Ko
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
plos pathogens
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.719
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1553-7374
pISSN - 1553-7366
DOI - 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005680
Subject(s) - biology , pandemic , infectious disease (medical specialty) , smallpox , yersinia pestis , plague (disease) , natural selection , disease , allele , virology , genetics , virulence , selection (genetic algorithm) , gene , vaccination , covid-19 , history , medicine , ancient history , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science