Ancient DNA Clues Americas Syphilis
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•Ancient bones shed new light on debate over origins of syphilis
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Syphilis is part of a small family of diseases that includes yaws and bejel.
The disease-ravaged bones, which predate Columbus ’s first voyage to the New World , harboured genomes of bacteria from the syphilis disease family.
One camp believes it emerged in the Americas and was brought to Europe by Columbus in 1493 .
Another suspects it was lurking in Europe before the explorer set sail.
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