Vikings made contact with native Greenlanders and probably native Canadians. Is there any evidence they transmitted disease at this time like later contact? If not, is there a reason? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Vikings made contact with native Greenlanders and probably native Canadians. Is there any evidence they transmitted disease at this time like later contact? If not, is there a reason?

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