A 3,000-year-old, basal S. enterica lineage from Bronze Age Xinjiang suggests spread along the Proto-Silk Road.

A 3,000-year-old, basal S. enterica lineage from Bronze Age Xinjiang suggests spread along the Proto-Silk Road.

Salmonella enterica (S. enterica) has infected humans for a long time, but its evolutionary history and geographic spread across Eurasia is still poorly understood. Here, we screened for pathogen DNA in 14 ancient individuals from the Bronze Age Quanergou cemetery (XBQ), Xinjiang, China. In 6 indivi...

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Main Authors: Xiyan Wu, Chao Ning, Felix M Key, Aida Andrades Valtueña, Aditya Kumar Lankapalli, Shizhu Gao, Xuan Yang, Fan Zhang, Linlin Liu, Zhongzhi Nie, Jian Ma, Johannes Krause, Alexander Herbig, Yinqiu Cui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1009886&type=printable

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