When the Americas were colonised by Europeans, you sometimes hear how the indigenous cultures contracted many deadly disease that European travellers were immune to. Did the Europeans ever get any diseases from the indigenous people as well or was it a one way street somehow? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

When the Americas were colonised by Europeans, you sometimes hear how the indigenous cultures contracted many deadly disease that European travellers were immune to. Did the Europeans ever get any diseases from the indigenous people as well or was it a one way street somehow?

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