Bone lesions in yaws – another potential marker of indigenous Australian remains

Syphilis—Cardiovascular Manifestations of the Great Imitator

“…Rarely it has been transmitted by tattooing . There is no objective support for the theory that it was introduced into Europe by sailors returning from the Columbus voyages, although the similarity to bony lesions in yaws caused by Treponema pallidum, subspecies pertenue may complicate interpretation of skeletal remains . The disease certainly spreads rapidly through Europe in the fifteenth century, so that by the nineteenth century it is estimated that 10% of sexually active adults in London, United Kingdom (UK), were infected .…”