Novel illnesses in colonists.

by wavesofgray

It is accepted that many indigenous populations (eg. sth America, Australia) were decimated by novel diseases such as small pox introduced by European colonists/invaders.

Are there any cases of a novel disease that was endemic in an indigenous population affecting European colonists/invaders?

anthropology_nerd

Most likely, yes. There is always more that can be said, but check out this previous answer to a very similar question.