Tropical disease in medieval Europe revises the history of a pathogen related to syphilis

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Jun 11, 2020, 11:45 am147 ptsTrending
Plague was commonplace in medieval times, so finding its victims in a 15th century Lithuanian graveyard was no surprise. However, discovering one woman with a second disease, yaws -- a close relative of modern syphilis found today only in tropical settings -- was something researchers did not expect. The…

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