Europeans brought many diseases to the Americas. Which disease did they carry back?
Tuberculosis
Smallpox
Typhus
Syphilis
Syphilis was present in the Americas before European contact. It was carried from the Americas to Europe by the returning crewmen from Christopher Columbus's voyage. The first outbreak of syphilis in Europe occurred in 1494 in Naples, Italy, during a French invasion.
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Tuberculosis
Smallpox
Typhus
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67
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32
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33
Germany
196
Belarus
99
Republic of Ireland
51
the Netherlands
31
Australia
66
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100
the United Kingdom
269
Russia
988
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47
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504
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535
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29
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38
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319
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61
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35