COLUM-PUS
Daily Star|December 20, 2024
Boffs reckon explorer was behind ‘clap’ in Europeans
KATE NELSON

CHRISTOPHER Columbus first brought syphilis to Europe, say boffins.

They reckon he returned with the unwelcome souvenir after his travels in the Americas.

A serious outbreak of the killer illness raged across Europe for five years from spring 1495.

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