We know Native Americans suffered greatly from diseases that were brought over from Europe, but were there cases of the opposite happening? If not, why not? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

We know Native Americans suffered greatly from diseases that were brought over from Europe, but were there cases of the opposite happening? If not, why not?

by Knight_of_the_Lepus

It just seems logical that there would've been diseases in the Americas that the Old World had never encountered, but I've never heard of that happening.

retarredroof

There is a section in our FAQs titled Impact of indigenous diseases on the Europeans. Look there for answers by u/anthropology_nerd and u/400_Rabbits. The bottom line is that the data suggest that there likely were New World diseases that befell European invaders.