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Syphilis originated from Christopher Columbus?
In 1492, Columbus and his expedition sailed across the ocean in search of new lands. However, according to many documents, when Columbus and the crew returned, they brou…
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There are ways to keep syphilis growing in the lab
For more than a century, scientists have tried to develop Treponema pallidum, a spiral bacterium that causes syphilis.