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How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Houldcroft, Charlotte J  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1833-5285

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.

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Keywords

Africa, ancient viruses, b19v, genetics, genomics, hbv, human, infectious disease, microbiology, paleogenomics, paleovirology, virus, Americas, Communicable Diseases, Humans, Mexico

Journal Title

Elife

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Journal ISSN

2050-084X
2050-084X

Volume Title

10

Publisher

eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd