The Stone Age Plague and Its Persistence in Eurasia

2017/11/23 by Aida Andrades Valtueña, Alissa Mittnik, Felix M. Key +21 · 9 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Immunology and Microbiology · #Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research #Vector-borne infectious diseases #Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.025

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• Targeted enrichment of ancient pathogens yielding the pPCP1 plasmid of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death
• Early Divergent Strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 Years Ago

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• Death by the Lake: Mortality Crisis in Early Fourteenth-Century Central Asia
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• Black Death [wikipedia]