Nature Human Behaviour study: British smallpox scabs likely caused 1789 outbreak
Modeling points to vials of dried smallpox scabs carried by the First Fleet, not north-coast contact with Makassar fishers.

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Modeling points to vials of dried smallpox scabs carried by the First Fleet, not north-coast contact with Makassar fishers.
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