[Aztlan] New to Old World Illness?

[Benjamin Carter]

Mario,

I am not an expert on this one, but as far as I know, syphilis was 
transmitted in both directions. One form was indigenous to the New World 
and was contracted by Europeans and the other was brought from the Old 
World to the New. I believe that the Old World version was much more 
disasterous, but that may just be my own impression. I forget the 
evidence, but perhaps others will know.

Ben Carter

Mario F. Malo wrote:
> The Michael Wood book Conquistadors states that Syphilis was a New World disease brought back to Europe by the Conquistadors, what other illnesses from the New World to the Old were brought back?  Smallpox, malaria, measles and many other sexually transmitted diseases were among the bequests of the Old to the New.   Mario F. Malo
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