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Oldest trace of Syphilis-linked DNA from 5,500-year-old bone shows disease came from Americas
02 Feb 2026 11:08 GMT
… -year-old genome of Treponema pallidum from a human shin bone … be the earliest sample of syphilis-linked bacteria, as published … this cannot yet be proven.Syphilis became evident in Europe … study, documentary evidence of syphilis in Europe becomes clear in …
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<![CDATA[Repeat prenatal syphilis screening increased after universal testing law]]>
30 Jan 2026 19:08 GMT
… caused by vertical transmission of Treponema pallidum during pregnancy. Untreated infection … pregnancy to further strengthen congenital syphilis prevention.
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Diesel, J … improvement in universal prenatal syphilis screening 5 years after legislation …
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Syphilis-linked bacteria was in the Americas long before Columbus’ arrival: study
29 Jan 2026 18:08 GMT
… DNA containing bacteria related to syphilis — potentially pushing the known history … a genome of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium responsible for syphilis and three other … of Lausanne independently detected T. pallidum and joined forces to investigate …
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Syphilis-linked bacteria circulated in the Americas thousands of years before Columbus: study
29 Jan 2026 11:13 GMT
… DNA containing bacteria related to syphilis — potentially pushing the known history … a genome of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium responsible for syphilis and three other … of Lausanne independently detected T. pallidum and joined forces to investigate …
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The origin story of syphilis goes back far longer than we thought
28 Jan 2026 15:45 GMT
… -human distribution. Various Treponema pallidum subspecies were probably our … before the “Columbian” syphilis origin debate is settled. … Naples remains the moment syphilis etched itself into … virulence of this ancient Treponema pallidum subspecies, about how …
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Ancient DNA shows syphilis was rooted in the Americas
28 Jan 2026 11:13 GMT
… pathogens. Treponema pallidum, the bacterium whose subspecies cause syphilis and several … pushes back the oldest Treponema genome by 3,000 … they matched up to Treponema pallidum, but that it was … studies that have suggested Treponema was already present in …
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Syphilis May Have Originated in the Americas, Study Suggests
26 Jan 2026 22:35 GMT
… unknown strain of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis, has been found … ,000 years. No signs of syphilis-like disease were found on … been caused by diseases like syphilis have been found on other …
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5,500-year-old human remains from Colombia indicate the spread of syphilis from America
25 Jan 2026 16:21 GMT
… trace of the bacterium Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis and other diseases. This … a previously unknown strain of Treponema pallidum. However, no characteristic lesions … currently known subspecies of T. pallidum. Statistical analysis showed that this …
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Syphilis: A Hunter, a Bacterium, and the Deep Origin of a Modern Disease
25 Jan 2026 04:48 GMT
… of the spiral bacterium ‘Treponema pallidum’, which causes syphilis. / David Cox | CDC … of the spiral bacterium ‘Treponema pallidum’, which causes syphilis. / Colombian Institute of …
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5,550-year-old Colombian man carries world’s oldest syphilis-related bacteria, study finds
24 Jan 2026 17:07 GMT
… the earliest known occurrence of Treponema pallidum by 3,000 years. According … syphilis
For this research, scientists recovered the genome of the bacterium Treponema pallidum … large dataset they had recovered.
Treponema pallidum is a spiral-shaped bacterium …