How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34499030.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.72791 and PMC identifier 8428842.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Communicable Diseases