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Pre-Contact South American Disease Ecology
Part two of a pre-contact Americas disease ecology series, focused on South America, isolation, endemic infections, and ecological context.
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By Devin Teichrow. Published December 17, 2025.
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Part two of a pre-contact Americas disease ecology series, focused on South America, isolation, endemic infections, and ecological context.
Last time we went over some of the infectious diseases that were prominent in pre-contact North America and Central America.
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