How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas
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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| author | Ville N Pimenoff Charlotte J Houldcroft |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-8ded8c077f71418681350d892cdc88cf2022-12-22T04:32:45ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2021-09-011010.7554/eLife.72791How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial AmericasVille N Pimenoff0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0813-7031Charlotte J Houldcroft1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1833-5285Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandCambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United KingdomAnalysis 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.https://elifesciences.org/articles/72791ancient virusesAfricapaleovirologyb19vhbvpaleogenomics |
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| title | How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas |
| title_full | How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas |
| title_fullStr | How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas |
| title_full_unstemmed | How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas |
| title_short | How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas |
| title_sort | how infectious diseases arrived in the colonial americas |
| topic | ancient viruses Africa paleovirology b19v hbv paleogenomics |
| url | https://elifesciences.org/articles/72791 |
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