Open AccessViral Infections among the Huron: An Ecological Approach
Author(s) -
Sam Magliore
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of anthropology at mcmaster
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0707-3771
DOI - 10.15173/nexus.v3i1.101
Subject(s) - smallpox , transmission (telecommunications) , period (music) , sociocultural evolution , incubation period , demography , virology , viral infection , geography , ecology , biology , virus , incubation , vaccination , biochemistry , physics , sociology , anthropology , acoustics , electrical engineering , engineering
The introduction of viral diseases such as smallpox, during the European contact period, had a profound demographic effect on Amerindian groups. Given what we know today about the natural histories of smallpox and other viral infections (i.e., mode of transmission, incubation period, etc.), I examine a number of sociocultural factors that may have contributed to the spread and/or severity of these diseases among the Huron during the 1634-1640 period.