title: Infectious causation of disease: an evolutionary perspective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Amherst College, MA 01002-5000, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cochran
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Ewald
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Cochran
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D005075:Biological Evolution; D015984:Causality; D004194:Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D004777:Environment; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005828:Genetics, Population; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000266:history / Q000635:transmission; D016296:Mutagenesis; D012641:Selection, Genetic