How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas.
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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.
Publication Date
2021-09-09
Online Publication Date
2021-09-09
Acceptance Date
2021-09-03
Keywords
Africa, ancient viruses, b19v, genetics, genomics, hbv, human, infectious disease, microbiology, paleogenomics, paleovirology, virus, Americas, Communicable Diseases, Humans, Mexico
Journal Title
Elife
Journal ISSN
2050-084X
2050-084X
2050-084X
Volume Title
10
Publisher
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd