5,500-year-old skeleton yields oldest evidence yet of syphilis-related bacteria

Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four ...
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Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...
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DNA found in an ancient Colombian skeleton may hold answers to origin of syphilis

A previously unknown strain of syphilis bacteria has been discovered in human remains in Colombia, dating back 5,500 years. The ancient sample is more than 3,000 years older than the earliest known ...

5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was ...
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5,500-Year-Old Human Remains Extend the Origins of Syphilis-Causing Bacteria by 3,000 Years

Learn how ancient DNA from human remains revealed that syphilis circulated in the Americas thousands of years earlier than ...

Ancient bacterium’s genome could rewrite the history of syphilis

Syphilis has long played a role in human history: some think that notable figures like Dracula author Bram Stoker and Russian ...
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Ancient DNA Pushes Syphilis Lineage Back 5,500 Years

Researchers recovered ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia and reconstructed a genome related to Treponema pallidum. The lineage predates known syphilis strains by ~3,000 years, ...
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Syphilis resurgence linked to antibiotic-resistant, pandemic strain

Rates of syphilis infection, once hampered by the discovery of penicillin, have been rising in recent years. Researchers recently linked the increase in modern syphilis cases to a pandemic, antibiotic ...
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There are millions of sexually transmitted infections in the US every year, but new data shows the epidemic may be slowing

Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some decreases ...
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With cases rising, FDA authorizes first over-the-counter home syphilis test

The US Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home over-the-counter test for syphilis Friday. Until now, people who suspected that they had the sexually transmitted infection had to go ...
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Syphilis cases have nearly tripled in Buncombe County since 2015

SEX ED: "Syphilis is a treatable and curable infection caused by a type of bacteria," says Dr. Jennifer Mullendore, medical director for Buncombe County Department of Health & Human Services. Photo ...
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FDA clears its first at-home blood test for syphilis

The FDA granted a green light to its first at-home, over-the-counter test to detect a person’s exposure to syphilis, offering a private option to help detect the sexually transmitted infection.