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Marine animals likely brought tuberculosis to South America before Columbus arrived in 1492.
A sea lion from Isla Ballestas, Peru. New research concludes seals and sea lions likely brought tuberculosis from Africa to South America long before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492.
Credit: Sara Marsteller
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