Did the Vikings bring with them diseases that were unknown to the New World?

by hrdlg123

Everyone knows that the Europeans brought with them multiple diseases that were unknown to the New World, inflicting devastation on a massive scale to the native peoples like the Aztecs, Mayans, Inca, etc. So how come the Vikings didn't do the same when they made contact with the locals? Are there any reports or chronicles about natives dying en masse due to smallpox or something similar ?

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