Ancient viral genomes reveal introduction of human pathogenic viruses into Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade

After the European colonization of the Americas, there was a dramatic population collapse of the Indigenous inhabitants caused in part by the introduction of new pathogens. Although there is much speculation on the etiology of the Colonial epidemics, direct evidence for the presence of specific viru...

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Main Authors: Axel A Guzmán-Solís, Viridiana Villa-Islas, Miriam J Bravo-López, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, Julie K Wesp, Jorge A Gómez-Valdés, María de la Luz Moreno-Cabrera, Alejandro Meraz, Gabriela Solís-Pichardo, Peter Schaaf, Benjamin R TenOever, Daniel Blanco-Melo, María C Ávila Arcos
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021
Subjects:
HBV
R
Q
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ecbf1d892ae443da8e114b98fcf320df
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