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Yersinia pestis Orientalis in remains of ancient plague patients

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2007) 13(2) 332-333
DOI: 10.3201/eid1302.060197
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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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Drancourt, M., Signoli, M., La, V. D., Bizot, B., Roux, V., Tzortzis, S., & Raoult, D. (2007). Yersinia pestis Orientalis in remains of ancient plague patients. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(2), 332–333. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060197

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