How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas.

Pimenoff, Ville N; Houldcroft, Charlotte

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Pimenoff, Ville N

Houldcroft, Charlotte

Publication Date

2021-09-09

Journal Title

Elife

ISSN

2050-084X

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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd

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Language

eng

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Article

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Pimenoff, V. N., & Houldcroft, C. (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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