Study Examines Transmission of Syphilis-Like Disease in Ancient Vietnam - Archaeology Magazine

Study Examines Transmission of Syphilis-Like Disease in Ancient Vietnam - Archaeology Magazine

Dental and skeletal lesions strongly indicate treponemal disease that spread from mother to infant in utero. NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA—A team of researchers from Australia and Vietnam examined skeletal remains of more than 300 people who lived in Vietnam between 10,000 and 1,000 years ago, according to a statement released by Charles Sturt University. The bones and teeth of three of the children who lived between about 3,200 and 4,000 years ago…

Ancient ‘syphilis-like’ disease in Vietnam

The findings of a new study challenges a long-standing assumption used by scientists studying ancient disease. The post Ancient ‘syphilis-like’ disease in Vietnam appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.