The Legacy of Past Pandemics: Common Human Mutations That Protect against Infectious Disease

Kelly J. Pittman; Luke C. Glover; Liuyang Wang; Dennis C. Ko

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005680

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The Legacy of Past Pandemics: Common Human Mutations That Protect against Infectious Disease

Kelly J. Pittman,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Luke C. Glover,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Liuyang Wang,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Dennis C. Ko

* E-mail: dennis.ko@duke.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0113-5981

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The Legacy of Past Pandemics: Common Human Mutations That Protect against Infectious Disease

Kelly J. Pittman,
Luke C. Glover,
Liuyang Wang,
Dennis C. Ko

Published: July 21, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005680

About the Authors

Kelly J. Pittman

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Luke C. Glover

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Liuyang Wang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Dennis C. Ko

* E-mail: dennis.ko@duke.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0113-5981

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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