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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| author | Michel Drancourt Michel Signoli La Vu Dang Bruno Bizot Véronique Roux Stéfan Tzortzis Didier Raoult |
| author_facet | Michel Drancourt Michel Signoli La Vu Dang Bruno Bizot Véronique Roux Stéfan Tzortzis Didier Raoult |
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| description | 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 pandemics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-336ec19ce6124ae08326bc859015b1972022-12-21T19:14:19ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592007-02-0113233233210.3201/eid1302.060197Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague PatientsMichel DrancourtMichel SignoliLa Vu DangBruno BizotVéronique RouxStéfan TzortzisDidier RaoultYersinia 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 pandemics.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/2/06-0197_articleYersinia pestisplaguepaleomicrobiologydental pulpdispatchFrance |
| spellingShingle | Michel Drancourt Michel Signoli La Vu Dang Bruno Bizot Véronique Roux Stéfan Tzortzis Didier Raoult Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague Patients Emerging Infectious Diseases Yersinia pestis plague paleomicrobiology dental pulp dispatch France |
| title | Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague Patients |
| title_full | Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague Patients |
| title_fullStr | Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague Patients |
| title_short | Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague Patients |
| title_sort | yersinia pestis orientalis in remains of ancient plague patients |
| topic | Yersinia pestis plague paleomicrobiology dental pulp dispatch France |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/2/06-0197_article |
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