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Chilean Mummies Yield First Ancient Smallpox Genomes From the Americas

Molecular confirmation that European-era variola reached South America with evidence of viral gene loss tied to human specialization.

Ancient Colombian Skeleton Yields Oldest Genome of Syphilis-Related Bacterium

Ancient Chilean Genomes Show Pre-Contact Leprosy in the Americas

Ancient DNA Reveals Leprosy in the Americas a Millennium Before European Contact