Ancient 'syphilis-like' disease in Vietnam challenges long-held assumptions on congenital infection The findings of a new study by a Charles Sturt University researcher and colleagues challenge a long-standing assumption used by scientists studying ancient disease. The study is published in the…

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Congenital Syphilis Was Supposed to Be a Reliable Marker. Three Children in Neolithic Vietnam Complicate That. A diagnostic assumption decades in the making may not hold outside western clinical contexts

Three children in Neolithic Vietnam show classic signs of congenital treponematosis — but the evidence points to yaws, not syphilis. A new study challenges a foundational assumption in ancient disease research. #Paleopathology #Treponematosis #Bioarchaeology www.anthropology.net/p/congenital...