3) New World to Europe by Christopher Columbus and his men, while others maintain that the treponematoses, including syphilis, have a much longer history on the European continent.
On the origin of the #treponematosespubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18235852/#syphilis in 1495, controversy has surrounded the origins of the bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum
Our results lend support to the Columbian theory of syphilis's origin while suggesting that the non-sexually transmitted subspecies arose earlier in the Old World. This study represents the first atte...
I also covered this new study that produced the oldest genome for bejel - which was surprisingly found in Brazil. Should launch a whole new chapter in the study of treponematoses. 🧪🏺
Scientists uncovered the oldest-ever genome of bacteria in the same family as syphilis.