How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas

eLife

Charlotte J Houldcroft¹  Ville N Pimenoff² 

[1] Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom;Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland;

关键词: ancient viruses;    Africa;    paleovirology;    b19v;    hbv;    paleogenomics;    Human;    Virus;   

DOI  :  10.7554/eLife.72791

来源: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY