Native American disease and epidemics
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Native American disease and epidemics
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Although a variety of infectious diseases existed in the Americas in pre-Columbian times, the limited size of the populations, smaller number of domesticated animals with zoonotic diseases, and limited interactions between those populations hampered the transmission of communicable diseases. One notable infectious disease that may be of American origin is syphilis. Aside from that, most of the major infectious diseases known today originated in the Old World. The American era of limited infectio
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_disease_and_epidemics
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2009-10-02T01:52:19Z
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2024-09-05T16:08:06Z
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