How infectious diseases arrived in the colonial Americas
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Analysis of viral DNA from human remains suggests that the transatlantic slave trade may have introduced new pathogens contributed to devastating disease outbreaks in colonial Mexico.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: eLife
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2050-084X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.72791