The new research performed by American and Canadian scientists claim that Colombus and his men brought Syphilis to Europe. As a basis they take the fact that Europe’s first-known venereal syphilis epidemic occurred during the years immediately following Columbus’s return.
Kristin Harper of Emory University in Atlanta used the study of evolutionary relatedness between organisms, to examine 26 geographically disparate strains of treponemes. The venereal syphilis
causing strains originated most recently, and their closest relatives were strains collected in South America that cause yaws, she said.
“That supports the hypothesis that syphilis came from the New World,” she remarked.
Other scientists believed syphilis existed in Europe prior to Columbus’ voyages, because they found bones that appeared to have deformities that were caused by the disease.
Well, the only thing that now we know for sure is that Syphilis was first found in Europe in 1945. Who brought it there? The further research will show.

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