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Native Americans falling victim to a multitude of diseases brought by Europeans to which Natives had no immunity is fairly common knowledge. But are there diseases to which Native Americans (or particular regional tribes) had a built-up resistance, but to which Euro-Americans did not?

by /u/selfabortion in /r/AskHistorians

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