Archaeogenetics: What Can Ancient Genomes Tell Us about the Origin of Syphilis?

Archaeogenetics: What Can Ancient Genomes Tell Us about the Origin of Syphilis?
Curr Biol. 2020 Oct 05;30(19):R1092-R1095
Authors: Beale MA, Lukehart SA
Abstract
The origin of syphilis has been hotly debated for decades. Ancient pathogen DNA may provide new evidence to redefine our understanding of this mystery, but is the mystery itself flawed in its assumptions?
PMID: 33022244 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Biology - October 4, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: Beale MA, Lukehart SA Tags: Curr Biol Source Type: research