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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |