Researchers find evidence of smallpox in the viking age

(University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) The fatal disease smallpox is older and more widespread than scientists so far have proved. A new study by an international team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge shows that the Vikings also suffered from smallpox.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uoct-rfe072320.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

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