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Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes lack the virulence-associated YpfΦ prophage present in modern pandemic strains

Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of at least three major plague pandemics (Justinianic, Medieval and Modern). Previous studies on ancient Y. pestis genomes revealed that several genomic alterations had occurred approximately 5000–3000 years ago and contributed to the remarkable virulence of th...

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Autores principales: Bonczarowska, Joanna H., Susat, Julian, Krause-Kyora, Ben, Dangvard Pedersen, Dorthe, Boldsen, Jesper, Larsen, Lars Agersnap, Seeberg, Lone, Nebel, Almut, Unterweger, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10354491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37464758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0622