A genetic mutation that protects against the HIV infection has been discovered in 10% of the European population, a fact scientists are attributing outbreaks of the plague and smallpox. A report on the study appeared in the Journal of Medical Genetics.
Black Plague has Effect on HIV
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2005-03-18 16:14
A recent medical study by researchers at the University of Liverpool concludes that the Black Plague of the Middle Ages may have increased modern Europeans' resistance to HIV.
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