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[Genetically determined human susceptibility to selected infectious diseases].
Medycyna wieku rozwojowego - 1 Jan 2000
Wertheim Katarzyna, Kutkowska-Kaźmierczak Anna, Bal Jerzy
Abstract excerpt
As predictions show infectious diseases were, are and will be, responsible for a significant percentage (more than 12% in the year 2030) of deaths worldwide. Infectious diseases are, according to J.B.S. Haldane's theory, the major agent determining natural selection, as they lead to elimination of more susceptible people and only leave to survive these, who are more resistant. It has been revealed that...
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