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A damaged skull believed to be that of a Viking indicates the ancient Nordic seafarers and plunderers carried the sexually transmitted disease syphilis as they raped and pillaged Europe, authorities say.

The find may show syphilis existed in Europe 400 or 500 years earlier than previously thought.

The local Swedish newspaper Gefle Dagblad said that up to now, the venereal disease was thought to have been carried to Europe from the Americas by Portuguese and Spanish sailors in the late 15th century.

An expert on skeletons had concluded that the cranial damage could only have been caused by syphilis, the newspaper said.

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What country did syphilis come from? ›

As for Ruy Diaz de Isla, the physician acknowledges syphilis as an “unknown disease, so far not seen and never described”, that had onset in Barcelona in 1493 and originated in Española Island (Spanish: Isla Española), a part of the Galápagos Islands.

Were there STDs in Viking times? ›

A damaged skull believed to be that of a Viking indicates the ancient Nordic seafarers and plunderers carried the sexually transmitted disease syphilis as they raped and pillaged Europe, authorities say.

When was the first case of syphilis recorded? ›

As Jared Diamond describes it, "[W]hen syphilis was first definitely recorded in Europe in 1495, its pustules often covered the body from the head to the knees, caused flesh to fall from people's faces, and led to death within a few months." The disease then was much more lethal than it is today.

Which founding father had syphilis? ›

Abraham Lincoln told his biographer, friend, and law partner of 18 years, William Hearndon, that he had been infected with syphilis in 1835 or 1836. Hearndon, believing both Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln had syphilis, suspected it in the premature death of 3 Lincoln children.

How did America get syphilis? ›

New skeletal evidence suggests Columbus and his crew not only introduced the Old World to the New World, but brought back syphilis as well, researchers say. Syphilis is caused by Treponema pallidumbacteria, and is usually curable nowadays with antibiotics.

What diseases were Vikings prone to? ›

Disease-transmitting parasites such as lice, fleas and ticks are reservoirs of pathogens including plague, relapsing fever and epidemic typhus, all of which may have infected the Vikings (Fig.

What disease did the Vikings have? ›

He said: "We discovered new strains of smallpox in the teeth of Viking skeletons and found their genetic structure is different to the modern smallpox virus eradicated in the 20th century. We already knew Vikings were moving around Europe and beyond, and we now know they had smallpox.

What disease was in Vikings? ›

It has been suggested that Dupuytren's disease has an origin in Norse countries. We harnessed data from a genome-wide association study of Dupuytren's disease and the People of the British Isles study to determine evidence for a Norse origin of Dupuytren's disease.

Which king died of syphilis? ›

Syphilis existed in medieval Europe, and it caused the death of England's King Edward IV.

What famous person died from syphilis? ›

Famous painters Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gaugin and Edouard Manet are known to have died from syphilis as well as classic authors Oscar Wilde and Guy de Maupassant Charles Baudelaire. Infamous gangster Al Capone eventually succumbed to syphilis as well.

What famous person had syphilis? ›

Many believe that syphilis was brought to Europe by Columbus and his sailors, and, thereafter, many famous persons, such as political figures (King Charles VIII, Queen Mary I, Catherine the Great, Paul I, Vladimir Lenin), musicians and literary greats suffered from syphilis.

Did Abraham Lincoln ever have syphilis? ›

Abraham Lincoln had malaria twice and smallpox. More controversially, there is evidence he also had syphilis. For a long time biographers disputed this. But current medical analysis accepts that he probably did, indeed, suffer from the disease.

Could Van Gogh have had syphilis? ›

Ever the struggling artist, he also lived a chaotic and less than healthy life. Moreover, Van Gogh was a frequent customer at both the Parisian brothels and similar houses of ill repute in Arles, where he might have easily contracted syphilis.

Did George Washington get syphilis? ›

Washington exhibited none of the symptoms of syphilis, and there is no record of him doing the kind of things that might have caused it. After inspecting his farm at Mt Vernon, he suffered an inflammation of his throat, and summoned doctors who removed a considerable quantity of his blood.

Did syphilis come from Europe or America? ›

The origins of syphilis, which wreaked havoc in Europe from the late 15th to the 18th century, are still unclear. The most popular hypothesis so far holds Christopher Columbus and his sailors liable for bringing the disease to Europe from the New World.

What first caused syphilis? ›

The cause of syphilis is a bacterium called Treponema pallidum. The most common way syphilis spreads is through contact with an infected person's sore during vagin*l, oral or anal sex.

What race has syphilis? ›

We found that nationally, syphilis diagnosis rates were 6.42 and 2.20 times higher among Black and Hispanic heterosexually active women compared with White heterosexually active women. The highest diagnosis rates and disparities were among women aged 18 to 24 and 25 to 29 years.

Which country has the highest syphilis rate? ›

Malta had the highest rate of the countries with available data at 24.4 cases per 100,000 population in 2022. This was followed by Luxembourg (23.4), Spain (16.6), Ireland (16.6), Lichtenstein (15.3) and Portugal (14.8).

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