title: An explanation of high death rates among New World peoples when in contact with Old World diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8034.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007239:Infections / Q000401:mortality*; D008457:Measles / Q000635:transmission; D008459:Measles virus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens