Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague Patients

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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Main Authors: Michel Drancourt, Michel Signoli, La Vu Dang, Bruno Bizot, Véronique Roux, Stéfan Tzortzis, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Yersinia pestis
plague
paleomicrobiology
dental pulp
dispatch
France
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/2/06-0197_article

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