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Editorial
. 2024 May 7;9(7):1947-1950.
doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2024.04.071. eCollection 2024 Jul.

Kidney Disease in the Caribbean-APOL1 Risk Alleles and Emerging Environmental Stressors

Joseph Myrie  1 , Adedamola Soyibo  2   3 , David Friedman  4 , Shuchi Anand  5 , Lori-Ann Fisher  3   6
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Kidney Disease in the Caribbean-APOL1 Risk Alleles and Emerging Environmental Stressors

Joseph Myrie et al. Kidney Int Rep. .
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Direction of the transatlantic slave trade from West Africa to the Caribbean. Map Volume and direction transatlantic slave trade. Although the Caribbean had an existing native population, large numbers of enslaved persons from West Africa were disembarked in the early part of the 18th century; larger than any other country in North America. In total, about 2.6 million enslaved persons were brought to the British Caribbean (about 23% of the transatlantic slave trade).
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