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What were the Native American disease epidemics and what were the repercussions?

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The Native American disease epidemics were a series of outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as smallpox and measles, that were brought over by European settlers. The repercussions were devastating, as many Native Americans lacked immunity to these diseases and entire communities were wiped out.
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Answer: they included smallpox, malaria, viral influenza, yellow fever, measles, typhus, bubonic plague, typhoid fever, cholera, and pertussis

repurcussions were these repeatedly affecting the same tribes and it being intoduced to other places

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