Ancient viral genomes reveal introduction of HBV and B19V into Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade.
Axel A. Guzmán-Solís, Daniel Blanco-Melo, Viridiana Villa-Islas, Miriam Bravo-Lopez, Marcela Sandoval‐Velasco, Julie K. Wesp, Jorge Gómez‐Valdés, María de la Luz Moreno-Cabrera, Alejandro Meraz Moreno, Gabriela Solís-Pichardo, Peter Schaaf, Benjamin Robert tenOever, María C. Ávila‐Arcos
This study reconstructs ancient viral genomes from Colonial-era remains in Mexico, linking their origin to Africa via the transatlantic slave trade.
eLife · Aug 5, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics