Which of these names does NOT refer to syphilis?

Spanish disease
Polish disease
American disease
Italian disease
Colloquial names of syphilis in European countries reflected the path of its spread through the continent. In Italy it was named French disease. In France it used to be called Italian or English disease, in the Netherlands a Spanish disease, German one in Poland and Lithuania, and Polish in Russian Muscovy. It never got named American one, despite the dominant hypothesis of its origin.
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Spanish disease
Polish disease
American disease
Italian disease
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flagPakistan
0%
30%
69%
0%
13
flagthe United States
10%
28%
60%
0%
28
flagGreece
0%
30%
60%
10%
10
flagUnknown
6%
20%
53%
20%
15
flagAustralia
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35%
42%
21%
14
flagGermany
21%
25%
40%
10%
47
flagIndia
3%
30%
38%
23%
26
flagthe United Kingdom
18%
31%
36%
13%
38
flagPoland
14%
50%
28%
7%
2792
flagAustria
15%
53%
15%
15%
13