It seems we hear a lot about diseases that Europeans have brought to indigenous peoples (smallpox, influenza, etc) that were devastating to those populations because their immune systems had developed no resistance to these pathogens. It seems this should have worked both ways. Are there any instances where diseases were passed from indigenous peoples to Europeans? Were there any instances in which they were devastating to a European community or society? Are any of these diseases still in existence today?
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