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Did Columbus Bring Syphilis to Europe?

Famed explorer Christopher Columbus and his crew unleashed the scourge of syphilis on Europe, a new genetic study suggests, though some experts say the data is not conclusive.

The research adds more fuel to a controversial debate on the origins of the devastating sexually transmitted disease that can cause blindness, mental illness, and death.

Europe's first-known venereal syphilis epidemic occurred during the years immediately following Columbus's return, fueling a long-held theory that the explorer carried the disease to the continent.