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

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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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