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Eighteenth century Yersinia pestis genomes reveal the long-term persistence of an historical plague focus

The 14th–18th century pandemic of Yersinia pestis caused devastating disease outbreaks in Europe for almost 400 years. The reasons for plague’s persistence and abrupt disappearance in Europe are poorly understood, but could have been due to either the presence of now-extinct plague foci in Europe it...

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Hauptverfasser: Kirsten I Bos, Alexander Herbig, Jason Sahl, Nicholas Waglechner, Mathieu Fourment, Stephen A Forrest, Jennifer Klunk, Verena J Schuenemann, Debi Poinar, Melanie Kuch, G Brian Golding, Olivier Dutour, Paul Keim, David M Wagner, Edward C Holmes, Johannes Krause, Hendrik N Poinar
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-01-01
Schriftenreihe:eLife
Schlagworte:
ancient DNA
yersinia pestis
pathogen genomics
microbial evolution
epidemiology
human history
Online-Zugang:https://elifesciences.org/articles/12994
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