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Human genetic variation and yellow fever mortality during 19th century U.S. epidemics.
mBio - 3 Jun 2014
Blake Lauren E, Garcia-Blanco Mariano A
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UNLABELLED: We calculated the incidence, mortality, and case fatality rates for Caucasians and non-Caucasians during 19th century yellow fever (YF) epidemics in the United States and determined statistical significance for differences in the rates in different populations. We evaluated nongenetic host factors, including socioeconomic, environmental, cultural, demographic, and acquired immunity status that could...
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