Smallpox: Diverse strains were widespread in the Viking Age, new study reveals

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Samples of DNA from Viking Age DNA skeletons identified the presence of smallpox 1,000 years earlier than previously understood — in 11 individuals living in Northern Europe between 600 and 1050 AD.

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