Yersinia pestis DNA from Skeletal Remains from the 6th Century AD Reveals Insights into Justinianic Plague

Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent of the disease plague, has been implicated in three historical pandemics. These include the third pandemic of the 19th and 20th centuries, during which plague was spread around the world, and the second pandemic of the 14th–17th centuries, which included the inf...

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Main Authors: Harbeck, Michaela, Seifert, Lisa, Hänsch, Stephanie, Wagner, David M., Birdsell, Dawn, Parise, Katy L., Wiechmann, Ingrid, Grupe, Gisela, Thomas, Astrid, Keim, Paul, Zöller, Lothar, Bramanti, Barbara, Riehm, Julia M., Scholz, Holger C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3642051/