title: Selective pressures for the high prevalence of MEFV variants induced by smallpox infection in the "Old World": A hypothesis.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gül
mesh_terms: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005843:Geography; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D000071198:Pyrin; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012899:Smallpox / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C000604192:MEFV protein, human; D000071198:Pyrin