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17th-Century Mummy doubts history of smallpox


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An international team of researchers has identified the oldest known sample of the variola virus that causes smallpox in the mummified remains of a 17th-century child.

The findings, published in the journal Current Biology, raise new questions about the history of the pathogen, suggesting that smallpox, once thought to be an ancient disease, may have in fact emerged in rather recent times.

http://www.seeker.com/a-17th-century-child-mummy-just-rewrote-the-history-of-smallpox-2135947423.html

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A mutation of another pathogen that hasn't been discovered/identified yet?

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I wonder what the 17th Century Daddy has got to say for himself ...

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2 hours ago, third_eye said:

I wonder what the 17th Century Daddy has got to say for himself ...

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"Please keep under wraps".

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