Volume 16, Number 2—February 2010
Historical Review
New Hypothesis for Cause of Epidemic among Native Americans, New England, 1616–1619
Table 1
Summary of published interpretations suggesting or discounting possible causes of an epidemic among Native Americans, New England, 1616–1619*
Cause | Suggested | Discounted |
---|---|---|
Yellow fever | Webster (2) | Cook (1), Williams (3), Carter (4), Bratton (6) |
Plague | Williams (3) | Carter (4), Hoornbeek (5), Bratton (6), Crosby (9) |
Influenza | Carter (4) | |
Smallpox | Bratton (6), Holmes (7) | Cook (1), Webster (2), Williams (3), Hoornbeek (5) |
Chickenpox | Hoornbeek (5), Cronon (10) | Bratton (6) |
Typhus | Lescarbot (11) | Williams (3), Bratton (6) |
HBV/HDV | Speiss and Speiss (8) | |
Leptosopirosis | This study |
*HBV, hepatitis B virus; HDV, hepatitis D virus.
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