Genotyping Yersinia pestis in historical plague: Evidence for long-term persistence of Y. pestis in Europe from the 14th to the 17th century

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Seifert, Lisa ^a   Wiechmann, Ingrid ^a   Harbeck, Michaela ^b   Thomas, Astrid ^a,c   Grupe, Gisela ^a   Projahn, Michaela ^c,d   Scholz, Holger C ^c   Riehm, Julia M ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Munchen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; EUROPE; GENE DOSAGE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PANDEMIC; PHYLOGENY; PLA GENE; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETON; TOOTH PULP; VICTIM; YERSINIA PESTIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HISTORY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

EUROPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84955279202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145194     Document Type: Article

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