A new study involving DNA extracted from the teeth of 13 French soldiers who were buried in a mass grave in Lithuania's capital Vilnius along the route of the retreat is offering a deeper understanding of the misery the Grande Armée experienced.Scientists detected two pathogens that had never been documented before. The discovery of the bacteria that cause paratyphoid fever and louse-borne relapsing fever, alongside previous work, showed that several infections had circulated among soldiers

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