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Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown lineage that existed thousands of years ago in the Americas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. syphilis (photo credit: INGIMAGE) Ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia reveals the oldest genome of "Treponema ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium: Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Its origins have been debated for many years, with some suggesting that Columbus and his crew ...

In 1495, a devastating infection began to sweep across Europe, causing pustules and sores to erupt on people’s bodies and faces. Accusatory finger-pointing about the scourge, syphilis, began almost ...

We often tell ourselves a comforting story about the history of disease: it’s the price of civilization. For most of human existence, we were healthy, free-roaming hunter-gatherers. It was only when ...

Researchers at the Universities of Basel and Zurich have discovered the genetic material of the pathogen Treponema pallidum in the bones of people who died in Brazil 2,000 years ago. This is the ...

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A newly sequenced genome of the bacterium that causes syphilis, Treponema pallidum, highlights the deep antiquity of treponemal diseases in the Americas. The findings, based on a 5,500-year-old ...

Remains of people who lived on the eastern coast of South America nearly 2,000 years ago have yielded the oldest known evidence for the family of microorganisms that cause syphilis. The origins of ...