How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas.

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Authors
  Pimenoff, Ville N
  Houldcroft, Charlotte J
Publication Date
2021-09-09
Journal Title
Elife
ISSN
2050-084X
Publisher
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
Volume
10
Language
eng
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Article
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Pimenoff, V. N., & Houldcroft, C. J. (2021). How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas.. Elife, 10 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72791
Abstract
Analysis of viral DNA from human remains suggests that the transatlantic slave trade may have introduced new pathogens that contributed to the devastating disease outbreaks in colonial Mexico.
Keywords
Humans, Communicable Diseases, Americas, Mexico
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72791
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/331186
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