"Here we present ancient DNA evidence of a pre-Columbian New World treponematosis by reconstructing a high-coverage T. pallidum genome retrieved from nearly 2,000-year-old Brazilian indigenous human remains, along with three low-coverage genomes from the same spatiotemporal context."

Majander, K., Pla-Díaz, M., du Plessis, L. et al. Redefining the treponemal history through pre-Columbian genomes from Brazil. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06965-x #OpenAccess #OA #Science #STEM #PeerReviewed #Article #Genetics #Biology #Ancient #DNA #aDNA #Genome #Academia #Academic #Academia @science @biology