Scientists After 500 Years Find the Cause of Aztec Death

In 1545 an epidemic had hit Mexico's Aztecs when people had begun to have fever and fever, headaches and bloodshed from the eyes, mouth, and ear. General death occurred during four days.

However, within five years about 15 million people, or estimated, in 80% of the population had died as a result of an epidemic called “cocolosis” As described in Aztec literature. The cause of the epidemic, however, has been in question for nearly 500 years.

On Monday, scientists studied the characteristics of measles, flu, and another identified as “intestines”, for which they found proof of AND on the teeth of dead victims during the plague, reports the Guardian”, the Periscope broadcast.

“over the years 1545-50 cocoliztli was one of many epidemics that had hit Mexico after it arrived in Europe, but it was the second of three epidemics that have caused the largest number of human deaths,” said Ashilda Vagene from the University of Tuebingen in Germany.

The “cause of this epidemic has been debated by many historians, we already have sufficient evidence through the use of the ancient AND to answer a historic issue. ”

European settlers spread diseases as they conquered the new world, bringing germs that local peoples had never encountered and lacked immunity to them.

Doctors said that symptoms did not match those of more known diseases as measles and malaria.

Scientists now say that by analyzing DNA extracted from the 29 skeletons buried in a cocoliztli cemetery, they found traces of the Salmonella enterica bacteria, the variety of Paratyphy C. /Periscopi/