Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague Patients

Yersinia pestis DNA was recently detected in human remains from 2 ancient plague pandemics in France and Germany. We have now sequenced Y. pestis glpD gene in such remains, showing a 93-bp deletion specific for biotype Orientalis. These data show that only Orientalis type caused the 3 plague pandemi...

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Autores principales: Drancourt, Michel, Signoli, Michel, Dang, La Vu, Bizot, Bruno, Roux, Véronique, Tzortzis, Stéfan, Raoult, Didier
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17479906
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060197

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17479906
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060197

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