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What diseases did European settlers get from the Americas?
I know European settlers brought diseases with them that badly affected the native population, but what sorts of diseases did they find in North and South America? I mean, there must have been some diseases unique to the Americas, right?
Also, how badly did these diseases affect the settlers?
2 Answers
- 1 decade ago
The only disease Europeans brought back to the Old World from the New World was syphilis.
The Europeans came over to the New World and brought smallpox, measles, chicken pox, malaria, yellow fever, influenza, and the common cold along with them.
