The list of infectious diseases that spread from the Old World to the New is long; the major killers include smallpox, measles, whooping cough, chicken pox,.

When we list the infections brought to the New World from the Old, however, we find most of humanity's worst afflictions, among them smallpox, malaria ...

21 окт. 2024 г. · More assuredly, Native Americans hosted a form of tuberculosis, perhaps acquired from Pacific seals and sea lions.

European explorers unwittingly brought with them chickenpox, measles, mumps, and smallpox, decimating some populations and wholly destroying others. One ...

The first disease to appear in the New World was smallpox described in 1518 in Hispaniola. From there the disease moved rapidly to Mexico in 1520, exterminating ...

31 окт. 2023 г. · Other Diseases: (Old World) Early soldiers and sailors introduced bubonic plague, typhus, chicken pox, cholera, cowpox, measles, and many other ...

A few diseases were also shared with Europeans, including bacterial infections such as syphilis, which Spanish troops from the New World spread across European ...

By 1650, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade had brought new diseases, such as malaria and yellow fever, which further plagued Native people. From Old to New: People ...

Diseases such as treponemiasis and tuberculosis were already present in the New World, along with diseases such as tularemia, giardia, rabies, amebic dysentery, ...