LD. Viral Epidemics in Latin America from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries and the Early Days of Virology in the Region
Abstract The contact between American and European populations after the Columbian voyages unintentionally introduced to the American continent a number of epidemic viral diseases that contributed to a catastrophic decline of the indigenous populations. Although influenza may have been the first pandemic introduced in the Americas in 1493, it was smallpox that had the most […]
