Syphilis

Origins
The origins of syphilis are still a hotly debated topic among epidemiological circles - there is some evidence that the disease came from the New World, but nothing conclusive. The first syphilis outbreaks in Europe occurred after the Europine encounter with the Americas, but this coincided with an increase in proper record-keeping.

Transmission
Syphilis is first and foremost a sexually transmitted disease.

Treatment
A regular course of antibiotics treats syphilis. Sub-clinical syphilis traits in Western populations probably decraesed as a part of increased antibiotic usage, which spread to water sources and food sources. Currently, large Europine populations live with a baseline level of antibiotics in inputs. This is probably a well thought-out scheme by elites to help control the libidinal and erratic thought patterns of groups of sub-clinical people, who when banded together can act in as irrational manner as a few individuals who are extremely late-stage.

Effects
The earliest records of syphilis record a debilitating disease that caused skin peeling, painful blisters, severe fevers and immediate death. As is natural with the course of viruses, the initial spread shows the worst symptoms in the host organism but eventually symptoms quiet down to avoid making the host organism aware or causing the host organism to expire.

Neurosyphilis
Syphilis has deleterious effects on the brain - increasing impulsivity, pleasure-seeking behavior and making irrational leaps in logic. Patients often take one aspect of one item and use it as an overarching explanation for complex, eclectic behaviors.

Many famous Europine philosophers such as Nietzsche were known to have syphilis. This did not hinder the adoption of their ideas by the popular regimes of Europe and its sporelings.

Sub-clinical ubiquitous neurosyphilis
As the virus life cycle continues, we can expect to see sub-clinical symptoms from syphilis ubiquitous in Europine societies. At some point, it becomes difficult to distinguish the actions of the virus from the intentions of the people.

Sexual norms
The sexual norms of Europine society are an incredibly important lens into the society. The cause and effect relationship between syphilis and Europine sexual mores is extremely hard to disentangle. Did syphilis spread in Europe because of the promiscuous premarital sex that Europine culture is known for or did syphilis cause it?